Israel/ Palestine

Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki see themselves in the Palestinians of Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The decision of the Truman administration to use nuclear weapons on the civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 is one of the great stains on the United States. There are other blots on our escutcheon, including the perfidious treatment of Native Americans and the enslavement of millions of […]

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza Aggression tops new Mexican President’s Agenda: wants to Recognize Palestine

Middle East Monitor

by Eman Abusidu EmAbusidu ( Middle East Monitor ) – Just days after her inauguration as the first female president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum called for the recognition of the State of Palestine as a step towards achieving peace in the Middle East, and reaffirmed her country’s longstanding support for the Palestinian people. “We condemn […]

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Israelis Burn up Refugee Tents in Central Gaza, as they Plan Ethnic Cleansing of North

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One reason why Palestinians in northern Gaza are resisting attempts of the Israelis to expel hundreds of thousands of them from what is left of their residences is that the center and the south of the country are still being indiscriminately bombarded by the Israeli military. Early on Monday morning […]

Iran

Iran’s Leaders have everything to lose in a direct War with Israel; Why take such a Massive Risk?

Shahram Akbarzadeh

Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University | – (The Conversation) – With Iran’s firing of some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel overnight, the Middle East is again on the brink of what would be a costly, ruinous regional war. Israel and its ally, the United States, shot down most of the missiles. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Israel/ Palestine

War Effect: Fear of Brain Drain as Twice as many Israelis Emigrate in 2024, Transfer $7 bn Abroad

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli data revealed a sharp increase in emigration from Israel abroad since the beginning of the year, reaching a level three times more than the emigration rates prior to the war. Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported that the first seven months of the year witnessed the emigration of 40,000 Israelis, […]

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Juan Cole: Israel’s Invasions of Lebanon Produce Radicalization, Help Iran and End Badly (ScheerPost)

Juan Cole

Bob Scheer’s long interview with me, “Where is the Middle East Heading?” is available at ScheerPost. I’m providing an excerpt below, but be sure to head on over to his site for the entire interview and audio link, as well as the full transcript. I’m embedding the full YouTube video believe. Excerpt from the Interview […]

Israel/ Palestine

How Netanyahu’s Ambitions in Lebanon undermine Biden’s Middle East Strategy

Foreign Policy in Focus

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The Biden administration’s approach to the Middle East crisis that erupted in the wake of October 7, 2023 is on the brink of collapse. Israel’s aggressive maneuvers, coupled with Iran’s growing involvement, are pushing the region toward a full-scale war, one that the Biden administration ostensibly hoped to […]

Israel/ Palestine

UN: Gaza home to largest Number of amputee Children in modern History

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – In a statement to the UN General Assembly, Lisa Doughten from OCHA warned of the dire humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, saying the besieged Strip ‘is home to the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history’. ‘Each day 10 children are losing 1 or […]

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UNHCHR: Israel Guilty of Deliberately Destroying Gaza Healthcare and … Extermination

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a report dated October 11th, the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights concluded that Israel has implemented a deliberate policy of destroying Gaza’s healthcare system and is guilty of the crime against humanity of “extermination.” The numbers revealed by the investigation for the first nine […]