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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Defeating the Fasc-Lican Party

Defeating the Fasc-Lican Party

After the election I received a provocative letter from my friend and mentor Bill Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins and author […]

John Buell

Sexual Assault
Trump tries but fails to block UN #MeToo Resolution against Sexual Harassment

Trump tries but fails to block UN #MeToo Resolution against Sexual Harassment

The United States failed on Monday to water down a UN resolution on combatting sexual harassment

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Islamophobia
On How Everything Sam Harris Says about Islam is Wrong (1)

On How Everything Sam Harris Says about Islam is Wrong (1)

Of the 100 million or so people I estimate were wiped out by political violence in the twentieth century, the vast majority of them were killed by secular nationalists, Communists and Fascists

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Is the Green New Deal our Civil Rights Movement?  John Lewis Joins

Is the Green New Deal our Civil Rights Movement? John Lewis Joins

Veteran Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis (D-GA) has joined the Green New Deal proposed by the Sunrise Movement and endorsed by newly elected […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Shattering Europe?  The Debris of Trump's Paris Fiasco

Shattering Europe? The Debris of Trump’s Paris Fiasco

Even before Air Force One touched down in Paris, Trump took aim on Twitter at his host, French President Emmanuel Macron

Rajan Menon

Afghanistan
For First Time, Afghan President admits 30,000 Troops killed since 2015

For First Time, Afghan President admits 30,000 Troops killed since 2015

More than 17 years since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the conflict grinds on

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
After Israeli Attack on Journalists Protest, Int’l Fed. of Journalists demands Response

After Israeli Attack on Journalists Protest, Int’l Fed. of Journalists demands Response

“The IFJ’s global leadership and a number of Palestinian journalists walked peacefully.”

Maan News Agency

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Trump tries to counter CIA Leak on Bin Salman complicity in Khashoggi Murder

Trump tries to counter CIA Leak on Bin Salman complicity in Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump attempted on Saturday to push back against his own Central Intelligence Agency’s assessment that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Juan Cole @ Rising up With Sonali on "Muhammad: Prophet of Peace"

Juan Cole @ Rising up With Sonali on “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace”

Islam is the youngest of the world’s major religions – and sadly the most misunderstood

Juan Cole

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