Keeping millions of Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, living in ruins for decades is not the sort of goal announced by sane, civilized, ordinary European politicians.
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Asia Society Policy Institute Senior Fellow Lauri Myllyvirta, China installed 93 gigawatts of solar in May, along…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes on each other on Saturday. Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense,…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Anadolu Agency reports that the humanitarian aid ship, the “Madeleine,” set out for Gaza on Sunday from Catania…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really…
The Spanish wire service EFE reports that delegations from 20 countries met Sunday in Madrid in a push to pressure Israel to halt its total war on Gaza and to…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi-based Erem News reports that the Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in…
By Juan Cole / Informed Consent Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic…
Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza Must Be in Ruins for Decades,’ As Airstrike Kills Children Seeking Water
Keeping millions of Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children, living in ruins for decades is not the sort of goal announced by sane, civilized, ordinary European politicians.
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Israel Continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in Ongoing Genocide
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and…
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Juan Cole: America’s Worsening Solar Gap With China, Which Installs 100 Panels Per Second
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Asia Society Policy Institute Senior Fellow Lauri Myllyvirta, China installed 93 gigawatts of solar in May, along…
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Juan Cole: The Current Iran War Will Likely End Soon, But the Arms Race Will Heat Up
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical…
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Juan Cole: Iraqi Shiites Demand Expulsion of US Troops after Israel Attacks Iran
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with…
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Juan Cole: Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit Israeli Refinery, Military Sites, as Israel does the same to Tehran
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel and Iran continued to trade airstrikes on each other on Saturday. Israel struck the Iranian Ministry of Defense,…
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Juan Cole: Netanyahu Launches War on Iran To Disrupt Negotiations
Netanyahu announced that it was only the beginning of a days-long campaign.
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Greta Thunberg and 11 other Volunteers set out on Mercy Mission to Gaza
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Anadolu Agency reports that the humanitarian aid ship, the “Madeleine,” set out for Gaza on Sunday from Catania…
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Juan Cole: Genetic Study shows ‘Phoenicians,’ like all ‘Nations’ were a Multi-Ethnic Franchise
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really…
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Is Trump’s Axis of the Plutocrats Marginalizing Israel?
And What Does the Future Hold in the Middle East?
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Juan Cole: Spain Convenes International Conference to call for Arms Embargo on Israel
The Spanish wire service EFE reports that delegations from 20 countries met Sunday in Madrid in a push to pressure Israel to halt its total war on Gaza and to…
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Genetic Study finds Echoes of the Early Modern Ethnic Cleansing of Spain’s Muslims
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A genetic history study of Spain by Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia et al. in Genome Biology eloquently confirms the story of…
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Britain, France and Canada Threaten Israel With Concrete Sanctions if Gaza War Is Not Halted
The three NATO powers went further than a 22-nation petition to Israel to halt its food and aid blockade issued on Monday, which they also signed.
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Libyan Government on Taking One Million Palestinian Refugees: ‘Committed to the Palestinian Cause’
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi-based Erem News reports that the Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in…
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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
By Juan Cole / Informed Consent Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic…
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