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Urgent UN Action needed on Yemen Atrocities to end “Pandemic of Impunity”
More Than 60 Groups Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Mechanism Human rights Watch – (New York) – The United Nations General
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Even Israel’s Labor Party President signals that the Occupation of Palestinians in Permanent
By Ashraf Al-Ajrami | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog chose to celebrate the Jewish Hanukkah holiday — the
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Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action
By Matthew Savoca, Anna Robuck, and Lauren Kashiwabara | – Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on
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As Iran Negotiates on Nuclear Deal, Americans Wrongly believe it has a Bomb — and that Israel Doesn’t!
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week Iran returned to Vienna for negotiations with Germany and the four members of the UN Security Council
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How Greed is Prolonging the Pandemic – Unless the World is Vaccinated, Variants will Keep Emerging
( Otherwords.org) – Stop me if this sounds familiar. It’s been kind of a hard year, but I felt optimistic about the holidays. My wife and I had
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Countdown to World War III with China?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – When the Department of Defense released its annual report on Chinese military strength in early November, one claim generated
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How a Supreme Court decision limiting access to abortion will harm the economy and women’s well-being
By Michele Gilman | – The Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, heard oral arguments in a case that may result in a ruling that overturns Roe v. Wade.
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Republicans reject Gov’t Vaccine Mandates for Men, seek state Pregnancy Mandates on Women
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Texas GOP delegation in Congress, led by Rep. Chip Roy and Sen. Ted Cruz, are threatening to shut down the
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After America: The Russo-Turkish Tango in Afghanistan
The Kremlin is making overtures to the new Taliban government in Afghanistan. On October 21, at a meeting of the Valdai Club, President Vladimir
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No, Opposing Israeli Apartheid Policies is not anti-Semitism, and Most Universities are rejecting IHRA Propaganda Ploy
On the first of October, the University of Bristol fired Professor David Miller, a world renowned expert on the Israel lobby, the Zionist movement
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Why the Arctic getting more Rain than Snow will be bad news for the whole world
By Richard Hodgkins | – Before the end of this century, most of the Arctic will for the first time receive more rain than snow across a whole year.
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Both UN Official and US Amb. to UN Warn Israel Squatter Violence toward Palestinians is Escalating
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, delivered alarming remarks
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How Israel is Isolating East Jerusalem from the West Bank to Block a Viable Palestinian State
By Ali Abu Hableh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The Israeli coalition government headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid has set its sights on
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What my 20 years in Afghanistan taught me about the Taliban – and how the west consistently underestimates them
By Sippi Azarbaijani Moghaddam | – It was April 1995, and I was preparing to travel to Afghanistan for my first volunteer post with a UK charity. I
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The “Graveyard Shift” in a Pandemic World: The Real Meaning of Supply-Chain Woes
( Tomdispatch.com) – In mid-October, President Biden announced that the Port of Los Angeles would begin operating 24 hours a day, seven days a