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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Trump’s contravention of the 2014 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2014 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to French Mayor: You can’t visit Occupied Palestine if you stand against Occupation

Israel to French Mayor: You can’t visit Occupied Palestine if you stand against Occupation

TeleSur | – – Leclerc Patrice, a member of the French Communist Party, has been denied entry into Israel more than once for his support […]

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Education
Why do Red State Teachers need to Strike for a living Wage? It is about Class

Why do Red State Teachers need to Strike for a living Wage? It is about Class

By Steve Fraser | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Teachers in red-state America are hard at work teaching us all a lesson. The American mythos […]

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Syria
With Turkish Troops in Syria, is Erdogan's Neo-Ottomanism a Diplomatic or Military Project?

With Turkish Troops in Syria, is Erdogan’s Neo-Ottomanism a Diplomatic or Military Project?

By Nicolai Due-Gundersen | (The Conversation) | – – On our third trip to Istanbul, my wife and I visited the 19th century Dolmabahce Palace, […]

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Donald Trump
Syria After Trump's Withdrawal: Top Reasons an "Arab Force" will Fail

Syria After Trump’s Withdrawal: Top Reasons an “Arab Force” will Fail

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump’s determination to withdraw US troops from eastern Syria by October, so that GOP candidates […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
The Hannity Case is so Serious it Requires a Consumer Boycott of his Advertisers

The Hannity Case is so Serious it Requires a Consumer Boycott of his Advertisers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The problems at Fox Cable “News” go way beyond Sean Hannity. But he is a major […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
What People get wrong about Iranian-Americans (Looking at you, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton) (Video)

What People get wrong about Iranian-Americans (Looking at you, Mike Pompeo and John Bolton) (Video)

AJ+ | (Video News Clip) | – – “What do you think of when you hear “Persian” or “Iranian”? Iranian-Americans (aka Persians) break down common […]

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Guns
Growing up with Fear of Gun Violence in America: The Weaponization of Everyday Life

Growing up with Fear of Gun Violence in America: The Weaponization of Everyday Life

By Frida Berrigan | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Guns. In a country with more than 300 million of them, a country that’s recently been […]

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Democracy
As Lebanon prepares to vote, Amnesty for the disenfranchised provokes Fierce Debate

As Lebanon prepares to vote, Amnesty for the disenfranchised provokes Fierce Debate

Haley Bobseine | (Informed Comment) | – – After almost a decade of multiple postponements stalling the national political process and depriving citizens of their […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Comey did it to himself & Us, by gutting Privacy, Encryption, & 4th Amendment

Comey did it to himself & Us, by gutting Privacy, Encryption, & 4th Amendment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In former FBI director James Comey’s interview with ABC News, he attempted to position himself as […]

Juan Cole

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