Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When Iran and Iraq were fighting each other in the 1980s, with neither regime being much liked in Washington, former […]
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We Need to Phase out Fossil Fuels Immediately, but Equitably
By Tom Athanasiou | – This essay was originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus Just before the recent climate summit in Dubai, COP28 president […]
A Brief History of Dearborn, Michigan – The First Arab-American Majority City in the US
By Sally Howell, University of Michigan-Dearborn; and Amny Shuraydi, University of Michigan-Dearborn | – (The Conversation) – Dearborn, Michigan, is a center of Arab American […]
Egypt Threatens Netanyahu with End of Camp David Peace Accords if he Invades Rafah
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is being widely reported based on press leaks that the Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has privately […]
Israel: Rafah Displacement Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful (HRW)
Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army and other officials to submit to the cabinet a […]
Public Libraries under MAGA Threat: Banning what Matters
( Tomdisptach.com) – When my mother died in 2000, I inherited all her books. Sadly, after several moves and downsizings over the decades, her collection […]
Why, Despite the Arab Spring and Mass Protests of the 2010s, People Got the Opposite of What they Wanted
Review of Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution (New York: PublicAffairs, 2023). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – At […]
Little Room For Negotiation Between Iran And U.S. Amid Middle East Tensions
By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Like two heavyweight boxers, the United States and Iran circle the ring — flexing their muscles without stepping […]
Netanyahu’s Position becoming more Uncertain as he rejects Hamas Deal to end War
By Anne Irfan, UCL | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected a ceasefire plan put forward by Hamas, calling […]
Netanyahu Plans to chase 1.4 mn. Refugees from Rafah, then to Invade, as Biden complains, “Over the Top”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Israeli army has agreed on a plan prepared for the land invasion […]