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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Israeli squatters on Palestinian land in the militarily occupied West Bank conducted a pogrom against the Christian-majority village of Taybeh, setting fires and desecrating the ruins of the ancient Christian Church of St. Georg…
The renaming of the Performing Arts Center followed a renaming that created the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace
Ironically, the strike was fully supported by the Muslim president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The Paris Treaty envisioned the economic and social transformations needed to keep the planet from overheating to unlivable levels
he protest was part of over a 1,000 planned demonstrations against ICE across the nation this weekend
To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.
Experience from past conflicts shows that pollution, contamination and ecological stress can persist long after the missiles stop flying
the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain
A strong majority of Americans support reproductive rights and equal pay, and the ERA would establish in law 21<sup>st</sup> century equality
The day the world crossed a line it may not easily step back from, when the U.S. and Israel engaged in a war with Iran with no clear end in sight
Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi'a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up</a> Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump's "unjust war"
Iran was a real problem for the Israelis because it was a brake on these expansionist and hegemonic designs
The Strikes triggered another jump in the price of oil, natural gas, which will further raise prices in sectors such as food and transportation
Wars are lost when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their confidence substitutes for comprehension,
Trump is erecting an authoritarian regime. We citizens need to stand up and say NO
An enduring menace to the global economy, this unnecessary and illegal war also pushes the world toward long-term environmental disaster
Bruce Springsteen, the legendary singer belted out his new protest song, “The Streets of Minneapolis"
Imperial wars falsely advertised as a means to peace and stability are not, however, "new" in this region
IRGC forces refused the offer, and with many more of its leaders killed over the last month, it shows no sign of giving up
Iranian drone attack on the Shuwaikh oil sector complex, including the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Headquarters, left it in flames
The nicest thing you could say about Trump’s address on the Iran war is that it was completely insane.
"They want to remove the guarantee of Medicare," one advocate said of the floated plan to automatically enroll seniors in Medicare Advantage.
There should be no confusion. Sharif’s social media post made clear that the ceasefire also applies to Israel’s campaign in Lebanon.
Iran still has the ability to sabotage oil and gas tankers trying to traverse the Strait of Hormuz
"The passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire"
Some interpret this as a shift toward perpetual war under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Then Trump shot his mouth off and announced that even though Iran might be opening the Strait, the US would continue to blockade Iranian ships
British decision-makers underestimated Turkish defences and ignored intelligence. Turkish forces had set about reinforcing heavy artillery
Trump’s unprovoked war has killed thousands, strengthened Iran’s position, and made life more difficult for struggling Americans
The Omani FM has also intimated that Witkoff and Kushner were not knowledgeable enough to recognize how big Iran's nuclear concessions were
key anti-Federalist arguments of 1787-1789 give insight into the origins of the abyss now stretching before our feet
There are presently no feasible alternative pipelines to the Strait of Hormuz that could make a dent in the 13 mn barrels a day shortfall
I compared Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to attempting to help a strangulation victim by putting a pillow over their face
Farsnews</a> notes the importance of the underwater fiber optic cables that transmit internet data through the Gulf of Hormuz,
Iran "has been able to establish itself as a power and actor in the region; an actor who has the ability to confront the greatest powers."
While cuts to NOAA would substantially harm the agency’s work, the proposed "savings" of $1.6 billion is 1.3 days of the war on Iran.
The proposed national prayer vigil is a politically glorified evangelistic service by ultra-conservative Christian Nationalists.
Agreeing to halt conflict for a period of time can keep communication open and build trust and momentum for more substantive conversations
The IDF engaged in “medicide” namely, the targeted destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system and the killing of more than 1,500 healthcare workers<
It is more than a little odd that the successor of Department of War head Henry L. Stimson should take the Nazi view of the matter
The president's unilateral moves on coal are exposing more Americans to toxic mercury pollution
Lebanon, with its sovereignty almost entirely eroded, seems destined to remain at the mercy of its larger neighbors in Iran, Israel and Syria
Under Carl Schmitt's doctrine that all politics is reducible to the “friend-enemy distinction,” deadly group conflict is constant
Trump and Netanyahu need each other more than they trust each other — which the only thing still holding the alliance together.
Russia's NTV said that the "the global majority" is at the side of the "barbarically killed" Khamenei's coffin
The Gulf has delegated security to Washington, which has become an unreliable and often toothless tiger in the face of Iranian resistance
Governments should disregard the statement from the Donald Trump-chaired Board of Peace that “UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza,”
Some mourners chanted, "Negotiating with the enemy is treason to the nation"
The essence of colonization is baked into Israel’s Jewish nationalism that has hardened into systemic cruelty toward Palestinians
By threatening 2020 election officials with prosecution, President Trump has been trying to undermine free elections since he returned to office
Maj. General Mohsen Rezai said that the conflict would then move to the stage of trans-regional war.
The war has also ravaged Iran's water supply and infrastructure; as with the bombing of a major desalination plant on Qeshm Island
Palestinian villages around Nablus have lived under daily pressure: land seizures, military raids, road closures, and settler violence
Washington’s favorite tool of coercion is still powerful—but overuse is teaching the rest of the world how to live without it.
The Chinese plan to build data centers underwater, beneath the offshore wind farms!
So is this gaslighting exercise just for the dull and belligerent Trump? Is even he this stupid?
It is this "and so on" that makes us lose our sense, over time, of what these tragedies actually entail
Saudi Arabia and Turkiye are probably seeking a Pakistani nuclear umbrella against Israeli attacks.
Future governments may pay the price of the prime minister’s decision to double down on hardline security to win votes
Europe does not have its usual stock piles of diesel and fossil gas by this time of year, late summer, according to Goldman Sachs analyst
Portugal took the island of Hormuz briefly in 1507-1508, and then came back to rule it 1515 to 1622.
Because Turkiye is a NATO member, Netanyahu cannot bomb Turkish soil without risking the invocation by NATO member states of Article 5
Rezaei warned Iran's neighbors "not to participate" in Trump's economic warfare against Iran or not one drop of oil would be exported
An attack on a dual-use site is prohibited if it would cause disproportionate damage that seriously impacts civilians.
Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one goal of the United States
if we take the seven-month period from the beginning of the year until the end of July, about 60% of Turkiye's power was generated by renewables
The strikes and counter-strikes of Iran and the US are extremely dangerous and could easily spin out of control
Imagine that, in 2024, almost 50% of Americans voted in someone who, when it comes to the two ways humanity has created to destroy this planet
The history of US foreign policy in the Middle East offers countless examples of this destructive pattern
Just as Venice & the Ottomans outflanked Portugal in the mid-1500s, so Iran & its allies in Yemen and Iraq are outflanking the US & its allies.
The leaders of Israel interpret the biblical narrative to justify expropriating land from Palestinians who have lived there for millennia
Trump, at Netanyahu's urging, dropped an agreement that imposed the most stringent restrictions ever placed on a country's nuclear program
Trump successfully strong-armed the European Union into releasing 100 million barrels</a> of petroleum from its reserves over four months.
For American voters, a foreign-policy crisis is increasingly colliding with the cost of living, congressional power, and the 2026 midterms.
Following the genocides in the mid-1990s the international community created the ICC; Member Countries Should Renew Support for the Court