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Joel Mathis, at The Week: Campus unrest over the war in Gaza “has reached a fever pitch in the final weeks of classes,” said The New York Times, with confrontations
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Yuval Noah Harari in Haaretz: In the coming days Israel will have to make historic policy decisions, ones that could shape its fate and the fate of the entire region
Michelle Buckley, Paula Chakravartty in Boston Review: In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a personal request from his friend and political ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: expedite
Continue readingThe Israel-India Worker Deal Resembles British Indenture
Directed by Naghmeh Pour & produced by Sara Samsøe Moghaddas at Aeon: Coinciding with the spring equinox, Nowruz marks the Persian new year, a festival of rebirth and renewal that’s
Continue readingA Beginner’s Guide to a Joyful Persian Tradition of Spring Renewal and Rebirth
William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted, in honor of Passover next week, to call them signs and portents—of a new era.
A relatively small deal — by Microsoft’s standards, anyway — is leading to big geopolitical ripples this morning. The tech giant is investing $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati artificial
Did Iran destroy Israel’s largest Air Base? Big confession by Israel? Some talking points on the global and regional impact of the Israel-Iran conflict, and its emerging scenario: Related article:
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a bipolar new world order amid disorder, and shared with few observers, analysts for their views.
A recent report claims another system called Where’s Daddy? monitors targets and alerts the military when they return home, often to their family. by Natasha Karner at The Conversation: The
Continue readingHabsora: Israel Military AI System “a Mass Assassination Factory”
Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in doubt. The U.S. has sent tens of thousands of weapons following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
Editorial cartoons on war in Gaza from news organizations. Here are six of them selected by despardes.com. Source: The Daily Herald, The Week, Chappatte in Le Temps (Switzerland), and The
Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim, and Daniel Boguslaw at The Intercept: Anat Schwartz had a problem. The Israeli filmmaker and former air force intelligence official had been assigned by the New
Continue readingThe Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé