Informed Comment daily updates (07/19/2024)

 

Ten Conflicts to Understand the New Middle East Review of : Christopher Phillips, Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2024. Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– The title of Christopher Phillips’ latest book, “Battleground: Ten Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East”, might scare off some potential readers. Here comes another […]

Defeat Culture: The Decline and Fall of Presidential America ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to vote for one of two distinctly ancient men, now 77 and 81, both of whom have clearly exhibited language and thought problems for a significant period of time. To put this […]

Hamas’ War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity (HRW) “I Can’t Erase All the Blood from My Mind” Palestinian Armed Groups’ October 7 Assault on Israel October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by Hamas-led Groups ( Human Rights Watch ) Questions and Answers: The Hamas-Led Armed Groups’ October 7, 2023 Assault on Israel Early in the morning of October 7, 2023, Sagi Shifroni, […]

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