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Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest
Archaeology

Early Farming in Middle East, Sometimes Matriarchal, Spread through Learning, not Conquest

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new study by Dilek Koptekin et al., a Swiss-Turkish team, has appeared in Science that combines archeological and genetics […]

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

12 Days Of War: Takeaways From The Israel-Iran Conflict

06/30/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

Chaotic new Aid System means getting Food in Gaza has become a Matter of Life – and often Death

06/30/2025 By The Conversation

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Let's remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too

Let’s remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen is keeping two million children out of school (Yemen is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Why do Iraq's Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?

Why do Iraq’s Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | Iraq’s Sunni Muslims are anxiously watching the debate over the presence of US troops in Iraq. Civilians […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel a Partisan US Issue, and Lost

The Boomerang Effect: How Netanyahu Made Israel a Partisan US Issue, and Lost

By Ramzy Baroud | (TeleSur) | – – Netanyahu’s strategy in courting U.S. conservatives has proved a success. However, the price of that success is […]

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Foreign Policy
The Hidden Costs of America’s Perpetual Wars

The Hidden Costs of America’s Perpetual Wars

By Stephanie Savell | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – I’m in my mid-thirties, which means that, after the 9/11 attacks, when this country went to war […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Black Panther: Honoring the legacy of Black style

Black Panther: Honoring the legacy of Black style

by Henry Navarro Delgado | (The Conversation) | – – One knows that something is touching a nerve in North American culture when a foreign […]

Juan Cole

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11,004 Gun Murders in US vs. 26 (equiv. 130) in England  Annually

11,004 Gun Murders in US vs. 26 (equiv. 130) in England Annually

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised A lot of smoke is being generated to cover up the fact that the horrific […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
54 Palestinians from Gaza died in 2017 awaiting Israeli travel permits

54 Palestinians from Gaza died in 2017 awaiting Israeli travel permits

Middle East Monitor | – – The record low rate of permits issued by Israel for Palestinians seeking vital medical treatment to travel outside the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Celebrities speak out for Jailed Teen Ahed Tamimi:  Israel/Palestine

Celebrities speak out for Jailed Teen Ahed Tamimi: Israel/Palestine

IMEMC | – – Celebrities and civil rights figures declared their support for imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, 17, who was detained by Israeli forces […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
What Does Netanyahu Corruption Case tell us about Trump's Fate?

What Does Netanyahu Corruption Case tell us about Trump’s Fate?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israeli police have recommended that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu be indicted for corruption. The recommendation now […]

Juan Cole

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