Review of Allen James Fromherz, The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present (Berkeley: […]
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What could go Wrong? Some wealthy Jewish Americans risk alliance with Trump’s White Christian Nationalism
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A small coterie of wealthy Jewish Americans are perversely giddy and glowing over convicted criminal Donald Trump’s […]
The Int’l Criminal Court issues Arrest Warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, charging War Crimes
By Catherine Gegout, University of Nottingham | – (The Conversation) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin […]
A Final Speech from the Great Disruptor (If only in my Dreams)
( Tomdispatch.com ) – My inbox is full of lament (and encouragement). My Instagram feed is full of anger and “the arc of the moral […]
Pope Francis Calls for Painstaking Investigation into Whether Israeli War on Gaza is a Genocide
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Pope Francis has a new book, Hope never disappoints. Pilgrims towards a better world. The English version is not out […]
Analysis of 184 Israeli Forced Displacement Orders in Gaza shows they are a Crime Against Humanity
Nadia_Hardman ( Human Rights Watch ) – Removing civilians from harm’s way in advance of an attack is the right thing for warring parties to […]
Gaza: Outlook for Palestinians Bleak under a Trump Presidency that will go ‘all the way’ with Netanyahu
By Clive Jones, Durham University | – (The Conversation) – The amount of aid reaching Gaza has fallen to an 11-month low according to Israeli […]
Pyromaniac-in-Chief – America goes MAGA to Burn it all Down
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Reelecting the Insurrectionist who provoked the January 6 attack is a monumental dereliction of civic duty by the […]
Protesting MIT’s Disciplining of Grad for pro-Palestine Activism and Advocacy
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President Sally.kornbluth@mit.edu . . . Dear President Kornbluth and Colleagues: […]
Requiem for an Empire: How America’s Strongman will hasten the Decline of U.S. Global Power
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. […]