Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]
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Kimmel Saga no Laughing Matter: Trump and the North Koreanization of America
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Jesters once had considerably more leeway than the average person to make fun of the king. If otherwise […]
An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The truck wheel’s inner tube was right in front of me, no longer half-submerged in the pond’s late summer muck. After […]
Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans
Middle East Studies Association MESA Joint Statement of the Board, Task Force on Civil and Human Rights and Committee on Academic Freedom concerning 2025 Travel […]
Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]
Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed
( IMEMC ) – On Monday, September 22nd, the 717th day of Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza, the Israeli military escalated its bombardment […]
UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen
By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) — Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, […]
“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]
“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16
Quatrain 16 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám underlines that life is fleeting for everyone, even the […]
As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank
by Alaa Said ( Middle East Monitor ) – While the genocide and destruction in Gaza have reached unprecedented levels, Israel now appears to […]