Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Countries of the global South are most often denied a voice in Europe and North America. Our cable news brings on often corrupt former generals to explain countries such as Iraq and Yemen, but no Iraqi-American or Yemeni-American professors or journalists who actually know what they are talking about. This […]
Netanyahu says Israel must Control from the River to the Sea, but it won’t cost him his Job as it does Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports on the press conference in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He vowed to continue the war on Gaza and vowed to attack Iran. “Who says we won’t attack Iran? We will attack it.” At one point Netanyahu insisted that […]
Afterlife of Occupation : Iraqi Academia and the Peripheries of Resurgence 20 Years After Bush’s Invasion
University of Michigan | Hatcher Graduate Library Discussion | – A panel discussion exploring the landscape of anti-war advocacy within U.S. universities at the outset of the occupation, “Afterlife of Occupation : Iraqi Academia and the Peripheries of Resurgence” 14 November 2023, Hatcher Graduate Library A panel discussion exploring the landscape of anti-war advocacy within […]
Israeli-Made Famine: Denial of Food Aid could Kill 22,000 Palestinians this Month, Half of them Children
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israeli airstrikes and ground operations continued over the weekend in Gaza and says, “Between the afternoons of 12 and 14 January, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 260 Palestinians were reportedly killed, and another 577 people […]
Gaza: 400K Rally in DC against “Genocide Joe;” Massive Protests in Johannesburg, London, other Capitals
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Millions of protesters came out around the world on Saturday, answering the call of Palestinian activists to rally against the ongoing Israeli attack on Gaza on a “Global Day of Action for Palestine.” Close to home, an estimated 400,000 demonstrated in Washington, D.C., and scattered what looked like bloodied dolls […]
Could Israel’s Gaza Atrocity Spiral into a Red Sea War and Sink Biden’s Reelection?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden and his administration believe that they can support the extremist Israeli government in its genocidal assault on the innocent noncombatant Palestinians of Gaza without a political cost at home. They also believe that they can manage the conflict, so that it does not spiral into a wider Middle […]
South Africa at the Int’l Court of Justice: Israel’s Actions in Gaza constitute Genocide
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The historic proceedings against Israel on charges of genocide were almost completely ignored by the U.S. media, in what can only be described as censorship by neglect. The blackout on this crucial event smells of racism. What could be less important to a white nationalist establishment than an African country’s […]
California’s Great Battery Revolution Allows Closure of Peaker Gas Plants and move to 100% Wind, Solar, Water
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The renewables revolution around the world has depended primarily on wind, hydro, and solar. A fourth factor is now swiftly emerging as essential, that is, mega-battery storage. Batteries store energy when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, to release it when those sources decline. California has so […]
Poll: Americans have no Idea what Biden Means when he says he is a Zionist, or What Israel’s Ideology is
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shibley Telhami and Michael Hammer have a new commentary out based on their polling at the University of Maryland’s Critical Issues Poll during the past year. One of the three issues they address is Israel/ Palestine. They found that 62% of Americans have no idea what Zionism is. Zionism is, […]