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Archives for January 2019

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Stateless Palestinians Seek Full State Membership at UN, Defying Trump & Netanyahu

Stateless Palestinians Seek Full State Membership at UN, Defying Trump & Netanyahu

Juan Cole

That the Palestinian leadership is going ahead with the application, moreover, shows the depths of their despair

European Union
Piteous Albion & Brexit: British PM Suffers Biggest Defeat in Modern History

Piteous Albion & Brexit: British PM Suffers Biggest Defeat in Modern History

AFP

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged London to “clarify its intentions”, warning: “Time is almost up.”

Israel/ Palestine
Lost Childhood:  Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons

Lost Childhood: Palestinian Children in Israeli Prisons

Reem Abd Ulhamid

(Informed Comment) – “At first when Adel (my son) got arrested, I was a wreck, thinking about his future, school and education, he loves to play football and reading, he was very good at school. The idea that he is losing precious childhood time- breaks my heart. but then I need to be strong and […]

Climate Change
Our Carbon Dioxide Addiction: "We're not going to stop this train wreck."

Our Carbon Dioxide Addiction: “We’re not going to stop this train wreck.”

Dahr Jamail

The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure?

Far Right
Israel: Key Far-Right Faction to be Headed by even Farther-Right anti-Palestinian Ideologue

Israel: Key Far-Right Faction to be Headed by even Farther-Right anti-Palestinian Ideologue

Middle East Monitor

That night, scores of Israeli settler youth went to Route 60 to throw stones at passing Palestinian vehicles

Kurds
Turkey will set up and itself Manage Syria ‘Security Zone’ after Trump Call

Turkey will set up and itself Manage Syria ‘Security Zone’ after Trump Call

Fulya Ozerkan

US support for the YPG during the Syria conflict has been a major source of friction between Ankara and Washington.

journalism
Thanks to our Generous Supporters

Thanks to our Generous Supporters

Juan Cole

Many, many thanks to our our generous supporters for a successful fundraising season. We got over halfway to a very ambitious goal, and certainly you made the campaign a great success by any measure. 2019 is very likely going to be an epochal year. We could well see a constitutional crisis or more than one, […]

Qur'an
My "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires" now a  Bold Type Book

My “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires” now a Bold Type Book

Juan Cole

And just a reminder: The New York Times Book Review has a glowing review of my new book

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GOP must reject Trump's Wall to really Repudiate Rep. Steve King's Racism

GOP must reject Trump’s Wall to really Repudiate Rep. Steve King’s Racism

Juan Cole

Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to cross over from a more subtle sort of dog whistle

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