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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Frida Berrigan

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Archaeology
Volcano-driven Climate Change Defeated Egypt's Ptolemies

Volcano-driven Climate Change Defeated Egypt’s Ptolemies

By Steven Young | ( The Watchers) | – – Around 245 BCE Ptolemy III, ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, made a decision […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Is racial bias driving Trump's neglect of Puerto Rico?

Is racial bias driving Trump’s neglect of Puerto Rico?

By Lauren Lluveras | (The Conversation) | – – The morning after Hurricane Maria blasted through Puerto Rico, I emailed my aunt to ask if […]

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Buddhism
Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Burma: New Satellite Images Confirm Mass Destruction of Rohingya

Human Rights Watch | – – 288 Villages, Tens of Thousands of Structures Torched (New York) – Newly released satellite images reveal that at least […]

Juan Cole

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ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

ISIL was ended not by Trump or Obama but by Muslims

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony “caliphate” in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he "knew what he was getting into"

Trump told widow of slain Sgt., he “knew what he was getting into”

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson said that she was in the car when President Trump called the widow […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

Justice Roberts used bad Data to end Voting Rights Act & other shoddy SCOTUS Mistakes

By Ryan Gabrielson | ( ProPublica ) | – – ProPublica review adds fuel to a longstanding worry about the nation’s highest court: The justices […]

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Afghanistan
"Tell me how this Ends"- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn't

“Tell me how this Ends”- Gen. Petraeus has decided Forever War Doesn’t

Will we bequeath Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria, Korea to our Grandchildren?

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Donald Trump
3 ways Trump's nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran's Mood

3 ways Trump’s nuclear strategy misunderstands Iran’s Mood

Iranian public opinion rejects further sanctions and is ready to walk away from deal

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Donald Trump
No, It Wasn't Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

No, It Wasn’t Iran: Top 7 Reasons Baghdad took Kirkuk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi Army and its Shiite militia adjuncts have taken Kirkuk city and raised the Iraqi […]

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