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The Israeli Knesset's adoption of a law curbing the authority of the country's courts to check "unreasonable" policies of the executive and legislature was no surprise. Prime Minister Benjamin's hard-right coalition has the votes, 64 in the 120 seat Knesset, to pass the measure. Politicians and commentators who speak of the majority as "slim" or "narrow" do not seem to

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Monday, the Israeli parliament or Knesset passed …

Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has broached he use of battlefield nuclear weapons in …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The new Florida history curriculum on slavery says that some enslaved persons learned skills while …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - On Friday, all hell broke loose in Israel, even more so than the recent norm. …

Review of Abdelrahman Ayyash, Amr ElAfifi, and Noha Ezzat, Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, 2013-22 (Washington, …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Afro-textured hair has been a frequent object of racist denigration. In April 2007 radio shock …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - President Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday. Herzog is …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - While the Democrats in Washington, D.C. conduct a bizarre debate about whether Israel is a …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzogs controversial visit to the United States, which …