Informed Comment daily updates (03/04/2024)

 

Is Tehran Winning the Middle East? How the Gaza Conflict Made Democracy’s Name Mud for Millions Here is my latest column for Tomdispatch.com. Do check out Tom Engelhardt’s important introduction over there at the original site. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the midst of Israel’s ongoing devastation of Gaza, one major piece of Middle Eastern news has yet to hit the headlines. In a face-off that, in a sense, has lasted […]

To Defend Israel’s Actions, the US is Destroying the Int’l Legal System it once Constructed ( Middle East Monitor ) – In a conversation in 2020 with Princeton Professor Emeritus, Richard Falk, he told me that historically, colonised nations that have won the legitimacy war have always won their freedom. Palestine is unlikely to be the exception. The Gaza war, however, is confronting the world with an unprecedented challenge, specifically […]

The War in Gaza is wiping out Palestine’s Education and Knowledge Systems By Chandni Desai, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – Gaza’s education system has suffered significantly since Israel’s bombardment and assault on the strip began. Last month, Israel blew up Gaza’s last standing university, Al-Israa University. In the past four months, all or parts of Gaza’s 12 universities have been bombed and mostly destroyed. […]

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