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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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Mass Shootings and Gang Murders have unrestricted Semi-Automatic Weapons in Common

Mass Shootings and Gang Murders have unrestricted Semi-Automatic Weapons in Common

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Revised Can anything be done about the phenomenon of “mass shootings?” These killings have plagued the […]

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Pentagon
Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria

Ending America’s Disastrous Role in Syria

By Jeffrey D. Sachs | ( Project Syndicate) | – – America’s official narrative has sought to conceal the scale and calamitous consequences of US […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel isn't Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It

Israel isn’t Just Occupying Palestinian West Bank, it is Polluting It

Ramona Wadi (@walzerscent) | (The Middle East Monitor) | – – Israel remains the only UN member state which has never declared where its borders […]

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Campaign Finance
New Survey Finding: Trump Likely owed his 2016 victory to 'fake news'

New Survey Finding: Trump Likely owed his 2016 victory to ‘fake news’

Democratic defectors to Trump believed Hillary was ill or sold weapons to ISIS

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Despite Coal Lobby, Australia to Double Solar Energy in 2018

Despite Coal Lobby, Australia to Double Solar Energy in 2018

Already 1 in 5 Australian homes has solar panels

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Worse than Russian Hack: GOP Voter Suppression planned in 20 States

Worse than Russian Hack: GOP Voter Suppression planned in 20 States

By Jen Herrick | ( Otherwords.org) This year, at least 20 states are considering laws that would make it harder to vote. When President Trump […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman

Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman

TeleSur | – – Silverman, who is of Jewish heritage, became the latest high-profile U.S. celebrity to lend her support to the imprisoned Palestinian girl. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Saudi Arabia's Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen's Civilians

Saudi Arabia’s Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen’s Civilians

By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | – – “Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, […]

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Democracy
Russian campaign Interference looks like ISIL in Polarizing Techniques

Russian campaign Interference looks like ISIL in Polarizing Techniques

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Mueller inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign has now brought indictments against […]

Juan Cole

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