Juan Cole: The Sphinx and the Sultan
How Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Caused Washington’s Mideast Policy to Crash and Burn.
Israeli Expulsion Decrees Disrupt Last Gaza Aid Hub
The expulsion of Palestinians en masse from Dear al-Balah will make it almost impossible to give polio shots.
Gaza War, Lack of Palestinian Labor Drives Decline of Israeli Economy
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on continuing his total war on Gaza is not only inflicting untold misery…
Juan Cole: Butcher of Gaza Netanyahu Repeatedly Lied to Congress about Iraqi “Nukes,” and Now Wants US War on Iran
By Juan Cole / Informed Consent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a master of misdirection, the technique master illusionists use to divert the viewer’s attention from the trick and…
China and the Slowing Petroleum Market: EVs Displaced 1.5 Million Barrels per Day in 2024
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency signaled last week that the rate of increase in world petroleum demand fell in the…
Biden’s Gaza Aid Pier Fails
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier…
Israeli Campaign Against Gaza May Kill 186,000 or More — 8% of Population: The Lancet
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee and Salim Yusuf, The Lancet calculate that 186,000 or more people may be killed* by…
Nearly 600 Dead of Heat Stroke in Mecca
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the temperature in Mecca reached 125.24° F. (51.8° C.) on Tuesday, word leaked out that nearly 600 pilgrims…
Israel’s Stalking Operation Against the ICC Is Mirrored in Its Canary Mission Attack on US Universities
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has signaled that it will not cooperate with a Republican-led effort to place legislative sanctions on…
Giving Cover to Israel’s Rafah Atrocity with Phony Gaza Numbers Game
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Playing with the death toll from Israel’s total war on Gaza is not as cruel as actually killing over…
Israel Bans Al Jazeera Journalists, Network
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Sunday condemned the Israeli cabinet’s decision to ban the Al Jazeera news network…
Congress Tries to Outlaw ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chanting of the phrase “From the river to…
Dead Last (With Emphasis on Dead!)
Despite Hellish Heat Waves and Epic Floods, the Middle East Gets Failing Grades on Climate Action.
Israeli Airstrike Kills 7 International World Central Kitchen Aid Workers
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli fighter-jets routinely bomb dense urban areas, sometimes with massive bombs, in ways that President Joe Biden characterized as…
Naked Hypocrisy: The US Cited UNSC Resolutions to Invade Iraq, Now Call Gaza Ceasefire Demand ‘Non-Binding’
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday characterized the United Nations Security Council resolution 2728 demanding an immediate ceasefire…