Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Special Committee of the United Nations Office of the High Commission on Human Rights has issued a new report […]
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Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege
( Middle East Monitor ) – The former Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, has told a Likud faction meeting that “illegal Palestinian construction” […]
In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion
By John Nagle, Queen’s University Belfast | – The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the […]
Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have put out a one-year progress report […]
Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu’s Government Survive?
By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Before it was formed, the new far-right Israeli government coalition has been plagued […]
Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok
By Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut | – (The Conversation) – In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden […]
Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen? And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too
By Ira Chernus | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – What makes a good society? Is it a guaranteed right to pursue happiness, as our Declaration […]
Turkey’s President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur’an burning in Stockholm
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can forget about membership in the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. […]
Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions
By Ardeshir Tayebi | – ( RFE/RL ) – Iran has charged 16 people, including several teenagers, in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia for […]
Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)
Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – New Israeli guidelines on access to the West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians from loved ones […]