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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Does this Change Everything? Kavanaugh Pick Cements Generational Rightward Tilt on Court

Does this Change Everything? Kavanaugh Pick Cements Generational Rightward Tilt on Court

The decision cements a rightward tilt on the top judicial body

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Open Apartheid? Israeli Bill that would allow Jewish-Only Communities worries President

Open Apartheid? Israeli Bill that would allow Jewish-Only Communities worries President

Israel’s president raised alarm Tuesday over a proposed law seen as opening the door to the establishment of Jewish-only communities

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Turkey
Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan Faces in New Term

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to take a tough line with the West on key foreign policy issues

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Donald Trump
America’s other Crisis of Addiction besides Opioids:  Trump and War

America’s other Crisis of Addiction besides Opioids: Trump and War

America’s addiction crisis goes deeper than prescription drugs

Tom Engelhardt

China
Trump Trade War: China Refiner dumps US Crude, seeks Iranian Oil

Trump Trade War: China Refiner dumps US Crude, seeks Iranian Oil

China’s Dongming Petrochemical Group is dropping imports of US crude for its refineries and replacing them with oil from Iran

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel Pressures Trump over Saudi Nuclear Ambitions

Israel Pressures Trump over Saudi Nuclear Ambitions

Israel has reportedly informed the Trump Administration of several conditions it expects to be met if Saudi Arabia is to be sold reactors

Middle East Monitor

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With Kennedy’s Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule

With Kennedy’s Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule

Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress

Chris Winters

Israel/ Palestine
Israel bans Swedish Activist Entry after 11-month Walk to Palestine

Israel bans Swedish Activist Entry after 11-month Walk to Palestine

The Israeli authorities banned a Swedish activist from entering Palestine late Thursday when he arrived at the Jordanian-Palestinian border

Maan News Agency

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High Iranian Official insists it Will stay in Syria, to Block Israel

High Iranian Official insists it Will stay in Syria, to Block Israel

What happens when the Sunni rebels are all defeated and the Syrian Arab Army is reconstituted?

Juan Cole

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