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Nothing deters US President Joe Biden from following the policy he adopted on October 7 when southern Israel was attacked by Hamas. Last week, in recognition of Arab Heritage Month, a White House statement belatedly admitted that US Arab and Muslim citizens felt “pain”! over Israel’s war on Gaza and expressed Biden’s devastation over the suffering in Gaza. Hours later, Biden

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Israels airstrikes Monday on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, which killed a senior general of …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Israeli fighter-jets routinely bomb dense urban areas, sometimes with massive bombs, in ways that President …

East Lansing, MI (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - For 176 days, the world has borne witness to Israel’s use …

Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment) - At the end of the nineteenth century, the Turkish government asked its Minister …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - US arms transfers are conditioned by federal law, as the Congressional Research office explains, which: …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday characterized the United Nations Security Council resolution 2728 …

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment) - Amidst war and genocide in Ukraine and in Gaza, a new spring came …

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The UN Security Council has finally passed a ceasefire resolution for Gaza, from which the …

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Security Council has finally passed a ceasefire resolution for Gaza, from which the US abstained, so it was passed by the other 14 members. Although UNSC resolutions are binding, and countries like Iraq and Iran have been severely punished for disobeying them, the US is running interference for the Netanyahu government by insisting that the resolution is “non-binding.” Israel’s government was so furious at Joe Biden fo...