How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The people of Palestine are occupied by the Israelis. In my experience most Americans do not even know this basic fact. Ignorance of it…
Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In an interview with Fox “News” in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump a.k.a. “Old Bonespurs” and “Five-time-Deferment,” smeared the European NATO soldiers who…
Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report
“The report warns that Israel is violating international law requiring States to prohibit and eradicate racial segregation and apartheid.”
Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment 1. Violation of the UN Charter and the International laws of war The Trump administration attacked Venezuela and abducted of dictator Nicolas Maduro without…
The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Back in 2004, in an interview with one of our foremost journalists of the Middle East, Robin Wright, Jordan’s King Abdullah II complained as…
Trump’s Strike on Nigeria: Joint with Muslim President, Unconstitutional, Useless Posturing for Evangelicals
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Trump administration’s strike on Sokoto State in the far northwest of Nigeria had no legal basis in U.S. law. The United States is…
Was Colonialism a Crime? Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Algerian newspaper al-Masa’ reports that on December 24, the Algerian parliament passed a law recognizing French colonialism in that country, 1830-1962, as having…
For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In Islam, God is thought of as sending a succession of human Messengers, each with his own dispensation. I say “his” because most Muslim…
Global South Is Now 1/3 of Major EV Markets, Leaving US in the Dust
When we say that people in the Global South are buying EVs hand over fist, alas, we aren’t saying that they are buying Chevy Bolts or Nissan Leafs or Teslas.
Israel: Polling suggests Extreme-Right Netanyahu Coalition in Trouble, as Tens of Thousands Protest
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Blog A new opinion poll in Israel, published in Ma’ariv, is summarized in al-Balad. It shows that if Israel has early elections, the currently…
Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Organization has issued its annual report on the 22 countries of the Arab world, covering last…
Several Countries to Boycott Eurovision Singing Contest over Israeli Participation
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Broadcasting Union declined o have a vote on whether Israel should…
200 Luminaries From the Arts and Business World Demand Release of ‘Palestinian Mandela’
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Patrick Wintour at The Guardian reports that some 200 prominent literary, cultural and political figures have signed an open…
Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ Becoming Smokescreen for Continued Israeli Genocide
Israeli leaders continue openly to affirm that this course of action is intentional on their parts.
Juan Cole: The Hot Tub of Death?
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat.