Is Trump’s Axis of the Plutocrats Marginalizing Israel?
And What Does the Future Hold in the Middle East?
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Trump Halts Bombing of Yemen, Reportedly Under Saudi Pressure, and to Dismay of Israel
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Middle East Eye reports that Saudi Arabia pressured the Trump administration to cease bombing Yemen in advance of his…
Juan Cole: As Israelis Blockade Food to Gaza, 9,000 Children have been Admitted for Acute Malnutrition
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said Friday that “Malnutrition is … on the rise. More than 9,000 children have…
Juan Cole: Israel’s Gaza Atrocity by the Numbers
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gaza by the numbers: The UN Relief and Works Agency reports about the situation on the ground: The agency…
Trump Administration to Draw Down Troop Presence In New, Fundamentalist Syria
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tara Copp at AP reports that the Trump administration will withdraw some of the 2000 troops now based in…
Juan Cole: A Majority of Americans Views Israel Negatively in Wake of Gaza Genocide
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Laura Silver at the Pew Research Center reports that 53% of Americans now have a negative view of Israel,…
Juan Cole: Top 5 Ways Israeli PM Netanyahu kept Hamas in Power
Amid the Gaza protests, Juan Cole breaks down the top five ways that Netanyahu has kept Hamas in power
America, the Unhappy: Lonely, Suspicious, Gun-ridden, and Stingy, the US Ranks Low for Well-Being
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 2025 “World Happiness Report,” produced by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, powered by Gallup…
Juan Cole: Israel Returns to Deliberately Starving Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, Planning for Further Total War
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ashraf al-Hur reports at al-Quds al-`Arabi that the extremist government in Israel has escalated its military attacks on the…