Review of Amin Saikal, “How to Lose a War: The Story of America’s Intervention in Afghanistan” (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024). Munich, […]
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Letter to Hebrew University, Israel, in defense of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian over Call for Gaza Ceasefire
Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association | – Asher Cohen President, Hebrew University of Jerusalem hupres@savion.huji.ac.il Tamir Sheafer Rector, Hebrew University of […]
Biden’s Border: Record Contracts for Private Industry on the World’s Deadliest Frontier
By Todd Miller ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On September 23rd, at about 2:30 a.m., a Border Patrol surveillance camera captured two people crossing the international […]
Dear Congress: Your Resolution against Rashida Tlaib is Delusional, full of Fake History and Falsehoods. Here’s Why.
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Congressional resolution censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian to serve in the national legislature, is a major scandal. […]
How are leaders in the Muslim World reacting to the Gaza Conflict?
Israel has yet again declared its ultimate goal to annihilate Hamas for the last time. This is the sixth time that Israel has declared the […]
Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is in Disturbing Decline: 200 Scientists Sound Alarm
By Andrew J Constable, University of Tasmania and Jess Melbourne-Thomas, CSIRO | – (The Conversation) – While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming […]
With all Eyes on Gaza, Extremist Israeli Squatters seek to Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinian West Bank
Amman (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I booked annual leave in early November to travel for a family visit in the occupied West Bank […]
How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms
By Richard Aster, Colorado State University | – As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic […]
Weapons R US: Confessions of a Recovering Arms Addict
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Perhaps you’ve heard of “Makin’ Thunderbirds,” a hard-bitten rock & roll song by Bob Seger that I listened to 30 years […]
Israeli Minister’s Threat to Nuke Gaza displays Genocidal Mood: “There are no Civilians in Gaza”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu, a member of the fascist Jewish Power bloc brought into government by Prime Minister […]