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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Afghanistan
Farmers in War-Torn Afghanistan Hit by Worst Drought in Decades

Farmers in War-Torn Afghanistan Hit by Worst Drought in Decades

With Emal Haidary | – Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan) (AFP) – After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined […]

AFP

Pollution
France to set Penalties on Plastic Waste, Ban Straws

France to set Penalties on Plastic Waste, Ban Straws

Paris (AFP) – France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled […]

Julien Dury

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Arrest of Women's Rights Activists puts it on Wrong Side of History

Saudi Arabia’s Arrest of Women’s Rights Activists puts it on Wrong Side of History

From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable

Zainah Anwar

Native Americans
Sharice Davids, Native American and Gay, Aiming for US Congress

Sharice Davids, Native American and Gay, Aiming for US Congress

In a political arena dominated by White, mostly straight men, Davids – a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter – is aiming high. Sharice Davids, who […]

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian-Israelis and Jewish-Israelis Stage Huge Protest against Apartheid Law

Palestinian-Israelis and Jewish-Israelis Stage Huge Protest against Apartheid Law

By Majeda El-Batsh Tel Aviv (AFP) – Tens of thousands of Arab Israelis and their supporters chanted against “apartheid” and for “equality” on Saturday in […]

AFP

Donald Trump
Trump's "Space Force": More 'Whitey on the Moon'

Trump’s “Space Force”: More ‘Whitey on the Moon’

Repurposed. If they can keep proposing the same brain dead policies, I can keep writing the same article. Trump and Pence want to spend $8 […]

Juan Cole

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Trump Tweets help Crash Turkish Currency as Pres. Erdogan Lashes Out

Trump Tweets help Crash Turkish Currency as Pres. Erdogan Lashes Out

Turkish strong man Tayyip Erdogan is complaining about Donald Trump’s playing hard ball with his country, at a time when the Turkish lira is collapsing […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees

What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees

By Anne Irfan | – – Leaked emails from Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and appointed steward of the Israel-Palestine conflict, are shedding light on […]

The Conversation

UAE
Dubai Jails Swedish Woman, Daughter, for one Glass of Wine on Flight

Dubai Jails Swedish Woman, Daughter, for one Glass of Wine on Flight

Update: Ms. Holman has been released and Dubai has apologized. -JC, 8/12/18 A mother and her four-year-old daughter were detained for three days in Dubai […]

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