Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last October 7, the al-Qassam Brigades of the Hamas Party-Militia, joined by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and some other small groups of militants, attacked Israel from Gaza. They took on Israeli troops and briefly occupied an Israeli military base, displaying the skills of a trained army and not just those […]
France asserts itself against Netanyahu over Lebanon: Macron calls for Arms Embargo against Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a radio interview with France Inter on Saturday, French president Emmanuel Macron called for an arms embargo against Israel over its ongoing attacks on Gaza and now Lebanon. BFMTV reported that he said, “I think that today the priority is to return to a political solution, and that we […]
Trump urges Israel to hit Iran’s nuclear Centers, Terrorism that would create a massive radioactive “Dirty Bomb” and kill 70K
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The dastardly Don Trump has urged Israel to strike at Iran’s civilian nuclear enrichment sites, which include the uranium conversion center in Isfahan and the research complex at nearby Natanz. All you had to do is hear “the Dastardly Don Trump” to know that this idea is the worst that […]
Fundraising Appeal: Threatened Israeli (SLAPP?) Lawsuit attempts to bankrupt Informed Comment
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Running a small independent publication on controversial issues is fraught with problems. One of them is that people threaten to sue you. It happens time to time. For some reason the Israelis are particularly trigger-happy about threatening lawsuits. Many years ago the notorious MEMRI campaign to translate only the worst […]
The Path to Nasrallah’s Assassination
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli assassination of Hassan Nasrallah has implications for the struggle of Iran and its alliance of resistance against Israel and the United States. But I would like to step back and look at how we reached this juncture. I lived in Lebanon on and off in the 1970s, when […]
Water as a Weapon of War in Gaza (The New Lines Institute)
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Here are the first few paragraphs of my long essay for The New Lines Institute on the Israeli use of water as a weapon of total war in Gaza. Read the whole thing here . The Israeli use of water as a weapon of war in Gaza in 2023-2024 turned […]
At UN, China slams US Sanctions on Iran, Accuses Israel of ‘Indiscriminate attacks on Civilians’
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, during his first appearance at the annual UN General Assembly meeting, met on the margins of the conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He elicited from the Chinese one of the strongest statements of Chinese support we have seen. According to the UAE’s al-Khaleej, Wang […]
Israeli Campaign against Lebanon could Push Poverty Rate to 50%
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Deputy Representative to Lebanon Ettie Higgins reported from Lebanon on the effects of Monday’s massive attack by Israeli war planes on southern and eastern Lebanon. She said that the airstrikes had left 35 children dead from violence, more than in the previous 11 months combined. (Israel and Hezbollah have […]
Iraqi Shiite Militias Pledge Aid to Lebanese Hezbollah, Target Israel with Cruise Missiles, Drones
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tamim al-Hasan at the al-Mada newspaper in Baghdad reports that at a time when an imminent announcement is expected of the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Iraqi paramilitary groups have declared their solidarity with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the struggle with Israel. Moreover, they are putting their drones where their […]
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