If the US Wants to Help Ukraine, It Must First Condemn Israel
The annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia’s Vladimir Putin that Mr. Zelensky and the Biden administration decried is no different from the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights.
Why Iran’s National Strike Is a Huge Deal
As Iranians in 23 provinces join in on national strikes and truckers and shopkeepers walk out, the Iranian government has plenty of reasons to fear the staying power of these…
Ultra-Far-Right Ben-Gvir Given National Security Ministry
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Likud Party of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signed a deal on…
Did the Ukraine War Kill ‘Natural Gas?’
Although the Ukraine War has been good for petroleum and fossil gas prices and sales in the short term, future historians may see it as the nail in the coffin…
Emirates Has Spent $154 Million on Lobbying in US Since 2016, Illegally Influenced US Politics
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The intrepid John Hudson at the Washington Post reports that the US National Intelligence Council has produced a secret…
Joe Biden Holds Red Wave to a Ripple in Surprising Midterms
How to explain the rush to the polls and the respectable defense the Democrats put up in both houses of Congress, whatever the ultimate result?
The United Nations Issues Its Starkest Climate Warning Yet
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment The past eight years have been the eight hottest on record, in further evidence that human-caused global heating is accelerating rapidly and dangerously. So…
Top 5 Worst Things Far-Right Netanyahu Could Do As Prime Minister
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Now that far, far right Israeli politician Binyamin Netanyahu has been elected, what are the major negative consequences Israel…
The Rise of Israeli Fascism as the Swing Vote in Parliament, and the Project of Ethnic Cleansing
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Despite Israeli propaganda about being a democracy that shares values with the liberal West, the country has for some…
Iranian Police Fire on Demonstrators Attending Mahsa Amini Memorial
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wednesday was the fortieth day after the death of the Kurdish young woman, Mahsa “Zhina” Amini, 22, in the…
The Rank Hypocrisy Behind Biden Officials’ ‘Fury’ at Mahmoud Abbas
After stabbing Palestinians in the back for decades, U.S. officials are now “offended” that President Abbas doesn’t trust them and wants Russia involved.
Israel’s Got Some Nerve Decrying Russia’s Annexations
It is pretty rich for the Israeli foreign ministry to say that Russia shouldn’t be annexing land from its neighbors.
What American and Iranian Theocrats Have in Common
From veiling to abortion, Iran’s theocrats seek to control women’s bodies, just as U.S. Republican theocrats do.
The Main Driver Behind Pakistan’s Floods Has a Familiar Name
In a new paper, scientists conclude climate change contributed to a third of Pakistan being under water as calls for debt relief and reparations grow.
The U.S. Is Slamming Russia for Something Israel Does All the Time
The U.S. Ambassador to the UN is right that what Russia is a war crime. What she refuses to say is that Israel is guilty of precisely the same war…