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Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship
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Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship

H. Scott Prosterman

Pardoning Netanyahu for his high crimes and felonies would mean Israel acquiescing to a Bibi dictatorship

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One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

One Year After Assad’s Fall: Iran’s Strategic Collapse In Syria

12/13/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

The Transatlantic Rift over Gaza’s Future

12/13/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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“With them the seed of Wisdom:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28

“With them the seed of Wisdom:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28

And this was all the Harvest that I reap’d- “I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

Juan Cole

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Trump as Nero: The Bible Condemns Rich Predators, Not Poor Trans Lovers

Trump as Nero: The Bible Condemns Rich Predators, Not Poor Trans Lovers

Tacitus, shared how Nero “polluted himself by every lawful or lawless indulgence.”

Liz Theoharis

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How the pro-Palestine Movement is outsmarting the Algorithms

How the pro-Palestine Movement is outsmarting the Algorithms

In response to censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm

Waging Nonviolence

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Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas

Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas

US forces hit the targeted boat once, then hit it again — the second strike vaporizing two shipwrecked survivors clinging to the wreckage

Dan Dinello

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Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’

Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’

The lightening rebel offensive that brought down five decades of the dictatorial rule of the Assad family, was a shock to many.

Middle East Monitor

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“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony

“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony

In the era of 24-hour news cycles and never-ending scrolling, why does poetry in times of crisis still matter?

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War, Peace, and Erasure: Lessons from Wakara for Gaza and Beyond

War, Peace, and Erasure: Lessons from Wakara for Gaza and Beyond

Long before Israelis invoked the bible erase a Palestinian homeland another colonizing people sought to remake a land in the image of their God

Max Perry Mueller

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Climate Breakdown:  Each Child Today is being Born into a Slow-Motion Hiroshima

Climate Breakdown: Each Child Today is being Born into a Slow-Motion Hiroshima

The Trump administration announced a new plan to open 1.3 billion acres of coastal waters to new oil and gas drilling

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Syria: One Year since Assad’s Fall

Syria: One Year since Assad’s Fall

Address Concerns Before Window for Rights-Respecting Transition Closes

Human Rights Watch

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