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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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Archaeology
Ancient Arabian “Standing Stone Circles” show a Complex and Thriving Society

Ancient Arabian “Standing Stone Circles” show a Complex and Thriving Society

By Jane McMahon, University of Sydney | – (The Conversation) – To date, little has been known about people living in north-western Saudi Arabia during […]

The Conversation

Egypt
Centuries of Co-Existence: Jewish Cultural Heritage in Egypt and Morocco

Centuries of Co-Existence: Jewish Cultural Heritage in Egypt and Morocco

Beersheba (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – Amid the prevailing focus on the war and the geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, it is easy […]

Yoram Meital

Displaced and Refugees
Why it's a Mistake that Cultural Heritage is often Overlooked when Assessing Refugee Claims

Why it’s a Mistake that Cultural Heritage is often Overlooked when Assessing Refugee Claims

By Sherine Al Shallah, UNSW Sydney | – (The Conversation) – Cultural heritage has long been targeted during conflict. This includes the destruction of the […]

The Conversation

Australasia
Blinded to all but the Anglo-Saxon “Five Eyes:” The Bias of US Policy toward Asia

Blinded to all but the Anglo-Saxon “Five Eyes:” The Bias of US Policy toward Asia

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Wherever he travels globally, President Biden has sought to project the United States as the rejuvenated leader of a broad coalition […]

Michael T. Klare

Featured
When will Americans let the Palestinian People have their Fourth of July?

When will Americans let the Palestinian People have their Fourth of July?

Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Americans are commemorating the Fourth of July today, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Implicit in this holiday […]

Juan Cole

Elections
Amid Astonishing low Turnout, Iranians Mull Continuing Presidential Election Boycott in 2nd Round

Amid Astonishing low Turnout, Iranians Mull Continuing Presidential Election Boycott in 2nd Round

By Kian Sharifi | – ( RFE/RL ) – More than 60 percent of Iran’s electorate did not vote in the June 28 presidential election, […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Solar Power is about to Leave Nuclear and all other Energy Sources in the Dust

Solar Power is about to Leave Nuclear and all other Energy Sources in the Dust

By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Opposition leader Peter Dutton might have been hoping for […]

The Conversation

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Turning the Red Sea Redder: Will America's backing for Israel's War in Gaza Torch the Red Sea Region Too?

Turning the Red Sea Redder: Will America’s backing for Israel’s War in Gaza Torch the Red Sea Region Too?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In mid-June, the Associated Press announced that the U.S. Navy had been engaged in the most intense naval combat since the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Never Learns from its Mistakes: Why Netanyahu will Fail in Gaza

Israel Never Learns from its Mistakes: Why Netanyahu will Fail in Gaza

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel never learns from its mistakes. What Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is trying to implement in Gaza is […]

Ramzy Baroud

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