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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War
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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]

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Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

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Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

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Khamenei hails Assad in Tehran as Key to “Resistance” to US

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

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The Green New Deal puts Climate Back on the Agenda

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With Trump AWOL, Europe Woos Mideast, fearing Russian & Chinese Dominance

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A Teenage War Resister in Israel: An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East

A Teenage War Resister in Israel: An Antiwar Story from the Embattled Middle East

By Rory Fanning | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Hilel Garmi’s phone is going straight to voicemail and all I’m hoping is that he’s not back in […]

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

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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Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders returns Palestine to the Center of Political Debate in the US

Sanders rightly described the Senate anti-BDS bill as “absurd”

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Israeli Snipers Kill 15-year-old Peaceful Protester, Wound 41, as Crowds Mourn

Israeli Snipers Kill 15-year-old Peaceful Protester, Wound 41, as Crowds Mourn

Mourners repeated slogans condemning Israeli crimes, especially against children

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Mueller: Former Trump Campaign Chief Broke Law ‘Repeatedly & Brazenly’

Mueller: Former Trump Campaign Chief Broke Law ‘Repeatedly & Brazenly’

District Judge Jackson agreed that Manafort had “intentionally” lied to investigators about his contacts with Russian operative Kilimnik

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