Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Valerie Smith President Swarthmore College president@swarthmore.edu Dear President Smith and colleagues: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our concern about the flawed disciplinary proceedings involving a number of […]
Archives for November 2024
Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar Dr Salman al-Dayah, who had once been a dean at the School of Islamic Law and Civil Law at the Islamic University of Gaza. The controversial opinion lambasted Hamas for […]
Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests
srael is strengthening the case of those who question its international legitimacy
Extreme Weather has already cost Vulnerable Island Nations $141 Billion
Emily Wilkinson, ODI Global; Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Matt Bishop, University of Sheffield, and Vikrant Panwar, ODI Global (The Conversation) – Two years ago, when the curtain fell on the COP27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, developing nations on the frontline of climate change had something meaningful to […]
Netanyahu, Delirious at Trump’s Return, Dumps his Defense Minister to Pursue Complete Occupation of Gaza
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It was no coincidence that Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu chose the US Election Day to fire his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, when Washington was too distracted to respond. With Bibi, everything is calculated for his benefit, even if it inflicts maximum damage on Israel and its […]
Gaza: Harris lost because her Party represented War Mongering, Q.E.D.
( The Times of Israel) – My beloved grandmother Savta Greta z”l often liked to use the acronym “Q.E.D.” – an abbreviation of the Latin phrase “quod erat demonstrandum” which means “that which was to be demonstrated” — signifying the end of a mathematical proof or logical argument. Essentially, it indicates the argument has been […]
A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at stake, but the future of the presidency and its powers. Over the course of the first quarter of this century, the American presidency has accumulated ever more power, rendering the […]
Germany: For First time, Wind and Solar Power Generation exceeds Fossil Fuels
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm reports that for the first nine months of 2024, Germany generated more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels for the first time in history. Wind and solar combined accounted for 45 percent of electricity. All in all, 59% of German electricity, almost […]
Newly Elected Trump is Threatening to turn back the Tide on America’s environmental Laws and reverse Climate Progress
By Stephen Lezak, University of Oxford and Barbara Haya, University of California, Berkeley | – The Cuyahoga River, which runs through downtown Cleveland, Ohio, used to catch fire every decade or so. It started in the 1860s, when the river became choked with industrial waste, and the conflagrations continued all the way until the 1960s […]
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