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) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on continuing his total war on Gaza is not only inflicting untold misery…
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) – 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…
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli fighter-jets routinely bomb dense urban areas, sometimes with massive bombs, in ways that President Joe Biden characterized as…
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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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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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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China Opens World’s Largest Offshore Solar Power Facility, as US Falls Further Behind
If there is a will to use them to cut carbon dioxide production, as there is in China, then places will be found to put them — as China is…
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Israeli Cabinet Minister Plots Seizure of Territory from Six Neighboring Countries
The Jordanian foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the remarks by Smotrich as a “reflection of religious fanaticism.”
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Israeli Expulsion Decrees Disrupt Last Gaza Aid Hub
The expulsion of Palestinians en masse from Dear al-Balah will make it almost impossible to give polio shots.
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Gaza War, Lack of Palestinian Labor Drives Decline of Israeli Economy
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…
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China and the Slowing Petroleum Market: EVs Displaced 1.5 Million Barrels per Day in 2024
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…
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Biden’s Gaza Aid Pier Fails
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…
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Israeli Campaign Against Gaza May Kill 186,000 or More — 8% of Population: The Lancet
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…
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Nearly 600 Dead of Heat Stroke in Mecca
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…
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Giving Cover to Israel’s Rafah Atrocity with Phony Gaza Numbers Game
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…
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Israel Bans Al Jazeera Journalists, Network
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…
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Congress Tries to Outlaw ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’
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…
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Israeli Airstrike Kills 7 International World Central Kitchen Aid Workers
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli fighter-jets routinely bomb dense urban areas, sometimes with massive bombs, in ways that President Joe Biden characterized as…
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