Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli systemic destruction of civilian building infrastructure in Gaza generated over 50 million tons of debris by 1 December 2024. Clearing this rubble will be extremely dangerous for the following reasons. Since returning to Gaza in November 2023, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams of the UN Mine Action Service […]
Archives for January 2025
Red Sea Crisis: Supply Chain Issues set to Continue Despite Gaza Ceasefire
By Gokcay Balci, University of Leeds | (The Conversation) – The world’s major shipping companies say they won’t be sending vessels back to the Red Sea any time soon despite a pledge by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen not to attack them as long as the ceasefire in Gaza holds. French shipping and logistics company […]
An Act of National Suicide
( Tomdispatch.com ) – And that’s something we humans seem to have a genuine knack for these days. If you don’t believe me, just consider those record-setting burned-out areas around Los Angeles. Admittedly, that was Nature (with a capital N), but given a grim helping hand by You Know Who. You can thank big oil, big coal, and […]
CIA Predecessor: Simple Sabotage Field Manual against Fascist Offices, 1944
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States defeated a global and extremely dangerous fascist movement in World War II, but soldiers, armies and violence were not its only weapons. Wikipedia tells us, “The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. The OSS was formed […]
The cracks in MAGA: the American right is divided over the Middle East
by Nasim Ahmed ( Middle East Monitor ) – Donald Trump’s return to the White House marked a new chapter in US politics, but it also exposed a growing split within the coalition that brought him back to power. The ideological fault line runs deep, cutting through the heart of the Republican Party’s foreign policy, […]
Gaza: No Safe Pregnancies during Israeli Assault (HRW)
Limited Prenatal Care; Unsafe Deliveries; Newborns Facing Fatal Conditions Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem, January 28, 2025) – The Israeli government’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities have created serious and sometimes life-threatening danger for women and girls during and after pregnancy and delivery since hostilities began in October 2023, Human Rights Watch said in […]
China’s Wind and Solar Soar by 357 Gigawatts, as Trump Mires us in backward, Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuels
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Trump’s attempt to derail the wind and solar industries in the United States in favor of dirty fossil fuels is a threat to the health of the planet, of course. But it is also a threat to the US economy. Fossil fuels are sources of short term profits. As […]
The Forever Charade: Gitmo, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
( Tomdispatch.com ) – On January 10th, one day before the 23rd anniversary of its opening, a much-anticipated hearing was set to take place at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility on the island of Cuba. After nearly 17 years of pretrial litigation, the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the “mastermind” of the devastating attacks […]
Protesting to Columbia U. over Forced Retirement of Professor Katherine Franke for Palestine Advocacy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Senator Greg Fryer Co-Chair, Faculty Affairs, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Columbia University Senate gaf1@cumc.columbia.edu Senator Letty Moss-Salentijn Co-Chair, Faculty Affairs, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Columbia University Senate lm23@cumc.columbia.edu Dear Senators Fryer and Moss-Salentijn: We write on behalf of the […]
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