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UW Removes Middle East Center Director After Criticizing War
“There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues,” Aria Fani said after his removal.
No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics
A movement in the name of democracy must resist imperial ambition done in our name and with our money.
Austria Becomes Latest EU Country to Deny US Military Use of Its Airspace
The country’s defense minister said it’s denied military airspace requests from the US since the outset of the war.
Israel’s Palestinian-Only Death Penalty Law Draws on Britain’s Colonial Playbook
The widened application of capital punishment in colonial courts gave license to more violence by British soldiers.
Has the US Already Lost the War on Iran?
Trump's televised speech was an admission of “defeat in the war of narratives," says scholar Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi.
Trump Says US Will Bomb Iran Into “Stone Ages,” Invoking Vietnam Carpet Bombing
The US will bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” Trump said of the country with 93 million people.
Israel Strikes Pharmaceutical Factory in Tehran That Made Cancer Drugs
“The only reason you would hit this target is to try to limit medicine production in Iran,” one expert said.
Advocates Condemn New Israeli Law Instituting Death Penalty for Palestinians
Discriminatory Israeli military courts, which have a 99 percent conviction rate, can now mandate death by hanging.
Israel Admits It Used Faked Photo to Say Slain Journalist Was Part of Hezbollah
“Unfortunately there isn’t really a picture of it, it was photoshopped,” the Israeli military said of the photo.
Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Targeted in Assassination Plot
Kiswani says she has been “screaming into the void” about the way Palestine activists have been targeted with violence.