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Juan Cole

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Israel Broke Int’l Law, Likely Committed War Crimes, Shooting 6,000 Gaza Protesters: UN

Israel Broke Int’l Law, Likely Committed War Crimes, Shooting 6,000 Gaza Protesters: UN

Juan Cole

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A United Nations (UN) probe said, on Thursday, that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes killing scores of Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 suppressing weekly protests in the besieged Gaza Strip over the past year. Santiago Canton, Chairman of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry said, in a statement, […]

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Racism v. Racist:  Why Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib are Right

Racism v. Racist: Why Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib are Right

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As I noted yesterday, in Michael Cohen’s opening statement during his public testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he alleged that Donald Trump is a racist, saying: ‘ He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a “shithole . […]

Donald Trump
Top Six Pieces of Dirt Cohen Dished on Trump in his Opening Statement

Top Six Pieces of Dirt Cohen Dished on Trump in his Opening Statement

Juan Cole

“He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn’t a “shithole . ”

censorship
In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

In Middle East, Impunity for Human Rights Abuses reigned in 2018: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Beirut (AFP) – “The crackdown on civil society actors and political opponents increased significantly in Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the rights watchdog said in its annual regional report. “Is it acceptable for activists to undergo arbitrary detention, torture, sexual harassment … and even enforced disappearances simply for expressing their opinions in a peaceful way,” […]

Qur'an
New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam

New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam

Juan Cole

“This inscription was written in the year when construction work was done on the sacred shrine in the year 78 [697-8].”

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A Victim of Trump?  Iran's Centrist Foreign Minister Mysteriously Forced Out

A Victim of Trump? Iran’s Centrist Foreign Minister Mysteriously Forced Out

Juan Cole

Was Zarif forced out by regime hard liners angry about his role in the 2015 Nuclear Deal?

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Not Trump's America:  On How the Oscars looked Like the Real America this Year

Not Trump’s America: On How the Oscars looked Like the Real America this Year

Juan Cole

Cuarón: “”I want to thank the Academy for recognizing a film centered around an indigenous woman. One of the 70 million domestic workers in the world without work rights”

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Can AIPAC sell Netanyahu's Kahanist Terrorists to Middle America?

Can AIPAC sell Netanyahu’s Kahanist Terrorists to Middle America?

Juan Cole

The Israel lobbies demand silence from Americans and now are even attempting to deep-six the First Amendment by more or less outlawing BDS

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Leftist Syrian Kurds Rejoice that Trump will Keep Hundreds of US Troops in Syria

Leftist Syrian Kurds Rejoice that Trump will Keep Hundreds of US Troops in Syria

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The left wing Democratic Union Party of Kurds in Northeast Syria and its paramilitary, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), warmly welcomed President Trump’s about-face and decision to keep at least 200 US troops in Syria on Friday. A YPG militia commander said that this American step “will prevent the region […]

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