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Archives for May 2014

Bush
Top 10 Attacks on US Embassies in Republican Administrations that Lindsey Graham doesn't Care about

Top 10 Attacks on US Embassies in Republican Administrations that Lindsey Graham doesn’t Care about

Juan Cole

(By Juan Cole) The Republicans in Congress keep beating the dead horse of Benghazi. Now they have sprung a briefing memo for Susan Rice, based on CIA talking points. I shows that the briefing hewed to the CIA line of the time, which was that the Benghazi disturbances were copy cats of those in Cairo, […]

Rick Jacobs Threatens to Pull URJ Out of Presidents Conference After J Street Fiasco

Rick Jacobs Threatens to Pull URJ Out of Presidents Conference After J Street Fiasco

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Reform Movement leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs has signaled that the Union of Reform Judaism could consider dropping out of the Conference of Presidents in response to yesterday’s vote to reject membership to the progressive pro-Israel group J Street. Click here for the rest of the article…

Crime
Why Oklahoma's Botched Execution is an Argument for ending Death Penalty

Why Oklahoma’s Botched Execution is an Argument for ending Death Penalty

Juan Cole

Yet more evidence that the death penalty is cruel and inhumane arrived today at 8:00PM from the state of Oklahoma. Charles Warner, convicted of raping and murdering an 11-month-old girl, found his execution stayed today after the attempted execution…

Israel/ Palestine
The PLO-Hamas Unity Agreement: an Opportunity for the United States and Israel

The PLO-Hamas Unity Agreement: an Opportunity for the United States and Israel

Juan Cole

(By Joel Migdal) The unity agreement announced last week between Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization drew swift, negative reactions from Israel, including suspending its participation in the U.S.-sponsored peace talks. Israel said flatly it would not negotiate with a team that included those dedicated to its destruction. The response by the United States to […]

media
On how the Death of Turkish Democracy this Year wasn't exactly Clickbait

On how the Death of Turkish Democracy this Year wasn’t exactly Clickbait

Juan Cole

(By Ola Claësson) I can’t help being surprised of how little that has been reported in the foreign media about the development in Turkey after the local elections. Before the Gezi protests less than one year ago, Turkey was perceived as a promising, developing democracy. But now, the country has embarked on a path in […]

Climate Change
Fox censors ‘Scientific American’ editor on Climate Change because, Future

Fox censors ‘Scientific American’ editor on Climate Change because, Future

Juan Cole

(By Scott Kaufman) ‘Scientific American’ editor: Fox censored my discussion of climate change as ‘future trend’ (via Raw Story ) Scientific American editor Michael Moyer went on Fox & Friends this morning to discuss “Tech trends for the next decade and beyond,” which producers told him did not, under any circumstances, involve certain issues: Fox […]

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Iraq's first Post-American Elections by the Numbers

Iraq’s first Post-American Elections by the Numbers

Juan Cole

(By Juan Cole) Iraqis went to the polls on Wednesday in the first national parliamentary elections since US troops pulled out of the country completely (in late 2011). The results won’t be in for a while, but here are some early statistics: 1. Preliminary estimate of turnout: 60% 2. Number of people who died in […]

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