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Juan Cole

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Irony: as Pelosi backs down on 'anti-Hate' Resolution, Israel's Politics Goes Peak Racist

Irony: as Pelosi backs down on ‘anti-Hate’ Resolution, Israel’s Politics Goes Peak Racist

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A revolt of the Democratic Party grassroots has forestalled Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s plan to hold a vote on a resolution implicitly slamming Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for her Tweets complaining about being pressured to pledge allegiance to Israel or else be considered unpatriotic. Although Rep. Omar has been unfairly […]

Israel/ Palestine
Corbyn Calls for Britain to Freeze Arms Sales to Israel after UN charges War Crimes

Corbyn Calls for Britain to Freeze Arms Sales to Israel after UN charges War Crimes

Juan Cole

LONDON (Ma’an) — Jeremy Corbyn, head of the British Labor Party, over the weekend, called for the British government to freeze arms sales to Israel and to condemn it for the killing of Palestinians. Corbyn’s remarks came after a United Nations report, which found that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes killing scores […]

Qur'an
New Historicism: A Manifesto for Writing the History of the Qur’an

New Historicism: A Manifesto for Writing the History of the Qur’an

Juan Cole

This emphasis on historical methodology is not meant to be positivist

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Spain's Socialists aim for 75% Renewables in Ten Years (at 40% Today)

Spain’s Socialists aim for 75% Renewables in Ten Years (at 40% Today)

Juan Cole

Spain is already getting 40% of its electricity from renewables, but its Socialist government hopes to nearly double that proportion in a little over a decade. Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez and his cabinet have approved a draft proposal to get t 74% of the country’s electricity from renewables by 2030, a little over […]

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As News of Khashoggi "Kebab" at Saudi Consulate Emerges, GOP Senators Condemn Trump Admin Briefing as Substanceless

As News of Khashoggi “Kebab” at Saudi Consulate Emerges, GOP Senators Condemn Trump Admin Briefing as Substanceless

Juan Cole

The bags of Khashoggi’s remains were brought there by various couriers and were incinerated

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Israel Lobbies slam Ilhan Omar even as they Try to Bankrupt small Leftist Arkansas Paper over Israel Boycott

Israel Lobbies slam Ilhan Omar even as they Try to Bankrupt small Leftist Arkansas Paper over Israel Boycott

Juan Cole

First-term Congresswoman Ilhan Omar refuses to back down on her criticism of the Washington Establishment for demanding that representatives “pledge allegiance” to Israel or risk being smeared as un-American. But she is right. The Israel lobbies that direct campaign money to representatives and senators insist that Israeli policy of imposing Jim Crow discrimination on Palestinians […]

Costa Rica
Is Costa Rica's ambitious Decarbonization Program a Model for the US Green New Deal?

Is Costa Rica’s ambitious Decarbonization Program a Model for the US Green New Deal?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last week, Costa Rica’s president, Carlos Alvarado, announced one of the more ambitious plans for a transition of a country to Net Carbon Zero proposed anywhere in the world. While many countries have made strides toward reducing their carbon dioxide production from electricity generation, Costa Rica is now addressing transportation, […]

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Vile Racism in W. Va. GOP: Rep. Ilhan Omar likened to al-Qaeda & LGBTQ Folks to KKK

Vile Racism in W. Va. GOP: Rep. Ilhan Omar likened to al-Qaeda & LGBTQ Folks to KKK

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republicans in the West Virginia state legislature held a “GOP takes the Rotunda” event at the state capitol on Friday. As part of this event they hung a poster of the 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks on the Twin Towers, labeled “Never Forget– You said.” Below it they placed a picture of […]

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Netanyahu to be Indicted on Bribery, Fraud, Press Tampering: Israeli AG

Netanyahu to be Indicted on Bribery, Fraud, Press Tampering: Israeli AG

Juan Cole

Netanyahu’s thuggish threats and sweetheart deals to manipulate press coverage of himself are on top of all that

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