Trabzon, Turkey (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The U.S. presidential elections are among the most consequential for the Middle East, second only to elections […]
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Does Israel really want to Open a Two-Front War by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?
By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – (The Conversation) – Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn […]
UN: Israel Flattened Civilian Housing Complexes with 2000-lb. Bombs in absence of Specific Military Target
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report this week on “Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks during […]
Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades
By Marjorie N. Feld, Babson College | – Since October 2023, American Jews have been engaged in an intense, fractious debate over Israel’s war in […]
Rupture and Repair: A report by the Stanford Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities Committee
May 2024 Rupture and Repair is published in pdf format here. Below I excerpt a couple of pages in html with the permission of the […]
Not your Father’s Israel: Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools
Though Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries signed onto inviting Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24 in the “spirit […]
The Looming Famine in Gaza is an Extension of Israel’s Colonial Power
By Caroline Lund and Brendan Ciarán Browne ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since October last year, it is estimated that approximately 70,000 tons of […]
The Art of the Submarine: Or 5,824 Hiroshima’s per Sub
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Walk through any art museum and you’re likely to see a mix of the classical and contemporary, impressionist and surrealist, refined […]
UN Human Rights Commission: Israel’s is among most Criminal Armies in the World, Clear intention of forcible Dislocation
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On June 13, I analyzed the report of The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory […]
Israel Threatens all-out War against Lebanon’s Hezbollah: Curve-ball for US Presidential Campaign?
By Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway University of London | – (The Conversation) – Israel has announced that it is ready to go to war with […]