By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a radio interview with France Inter on Saturday, French president Emmanuel Macron called for an arms embargo against…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli assassination of Hassan Nasrallah has implications for the struggle of Iran and its alliance of resistance against…
How Biden’s Bear Hug of Netanyahu Caused Washington’s Mideast Policy to Crash and Burn.
The expulsion of Palestinians en masse from Dear al-Balah will make it almost impossible to give polio shots.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Despite Hellish Heat Waves and Epic Floods, the Middle East Gets Failing Grades on Climate Action.
