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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
Donald Trump

Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

05/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
When US Allies Murder US Soldiers: Blowback From U.S. Policy in the Greater Middle East

When US Allies Murder US Soldiers: Blowback From U.S. Policy in the Greater Middle East

(Tomdispatch.com) – He was shot in the back, the ultimate act of treachery. On September 3rd, a U.S Army sergeant major was killed by two […]

Danny Sjursen

Iraq
Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated

Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated

Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, holder of the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” […]

Middle East Monitor

Sexual Assault
Why Powerful Men can Roar, but Rape Victims are Discounted as "too" Emotional or "Calm"

Why Powerful Men can Roar, but Rape Victims are Discounted as “too” Emotional or “Calm”

“Good” rape victims must show the right emotions to be taken seriously

Gail Ukockis

Featured
55% of GOP say Sexual Assault not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What is *Wrong* with Them?

55% of GOP say Sexual Assault not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What is *Wrong* with Them?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – What in the world is wrong with self-identified Republicans in the United States. I mean, look, I’m a historian and […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk

SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk

I’M HERE BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL CON JOB ORCHESTRATED BY THE CLINTONS, GEORGE SOROS, KATHY GRIFFIN AND MR. RONAN SINATRA

Saturday Night Live

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children

Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children

Thirty five children, four women, four paramedics and three journalists were among injuries

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem

Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem

The ICJ was asked to declare that moving the embassy to occupied Jerusalem constituted a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt

Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt

According to top Spanish sports daily Marca, she was offered a Real Madrid jersey and posed for photos with Emilio Butragueno

AFP

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15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A little over 15 years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq on false pretences, the Department of State […]

Juan Cole

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