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Juan Cole

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Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank

Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank

Juan Cole

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to stand down and he declines to run in the upcoming Palestine Authority elections. The decision came in the wake of the US failure to convince the Israelis to halt colonization of the West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem. It also followed a series of embarrassing flip-flops […]

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Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank

Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank

Juan Cole

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to stand down and he declines to run in the upcoming Palestine Authority elections. The decision came in the wake of the US failure to convince the Israelis to halt colonization of the West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem. It also followed a series of embarrassing flip-flops […]

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Right Wing & Settler Press in Israel Denounce Peace Process, Goldstone

Right Wing & Settler Press in Israel Denounce Peace Process, Goldstone

Juan Cole

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases statements from the right wing and settler Israeli press Highlights: Review of Israeli Right-Wing, Settlement Commentaries 16 Oct-3 Nov 09The following are highlights of reports in right-wing and settlement news websites carried by the Israeli media between 16 October and 3 November. Israel — OSC SummaryTuesday, November […]

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Right Wing & Settler Press in Israel Denounce Peace Process, Goldstone

Right Wing & Settler Press in Israel Denounce Peace Process, Goldstone

Juan Cole

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases statements from the right wing and settler Israeli press Highlights: Review of Israeli Right-Wing, Settlement Commentaries 16 Oct-3 Nov 09The following are highlights of reports in right-wing and settlement news websites carried by the Israeli media between 16 October and 3 November. Israel — OSC SummaryTuesday, November […]

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Erekat Sees One-State Solution if Settlements are not Halted

Erekat Sees One-State Solution if Settlements are not Halted

Juan Cole

Saeb Erekat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization Steering Committee, said Wednesday that Palestine Authority president Mahmoud Abbas should be frank with the Palestinian people and admit to them that there is no possibility of a two-state solution given continued Israeli colonization of the West Bank. It is morally and ethically unconscionable to leave millions […]

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Erekat Sees One-State Solution if Settlements are not Halted

Erekat Sees One-State Solution if Settlements are not Halted

Juan Cole

Saeb Erekat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization Steering Committee, said Wednesday that Palestine Authority president Mahmoud Abbas should be frank with the Palestinian people and admit to them that there is no possibility of a two-state solution given continued Israeli colonization of the West Bank. It is morally and ethically unconscionable to leave millions […]

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Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama's Negotiating Style

Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style

Juan Cole

The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But according tot he BBC, dissidents who dispute the legitimacy of last June’s presidential election staged counter-rallies. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards stepped in to disperse these protests, using tear gas. Some […]

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Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama's Negotiating Style

Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style

Juan Cole

The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But according tot he BBC, dissidents who dispute the legitimacy of last June’s presidential election staged counter-rallies. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards stepped in to disperse these protests, using tear gas. Some […]

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Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

Juan Cole

John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,” notes the New York Times with considerable understatement, “senior government officials have announced dozens of terrorism cases that on close examination seemed to diminish as legitimate threats.” Terrorism analysts […]

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