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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

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Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students  to Dept. of Education

Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education

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By David Prochaska | (Informed Comment) | – – The “highly unusual,” “unprecedented” Trump administration is leading us into “uncharted territory,” but where exactly? Since […]

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Iran is Back:  With Int'l Sanctions lifted and Putin Friendly, Tehran is on a Roll

Iran is Back: With Int’l Sanctions lifted and Putin Friendly, Tehran is on a Roll

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iranian petroleum sales to its top four Asian customers rose nearly 60% year on year in […]

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by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz | (ProPublica) | – – In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of White […]

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Israel knicks 25 Acres Of Palestinian Lands In Salfit for Colonial Purposes

Israel knicks 25 Acres Of Palestinian Lands In Salfit for Colonial Purposes

IMEMC | – – The Israeli government is planning to illegally confiscate 25 acres of Palestinian lands, in Salfit district, in the northeastern part of […]

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Mosul: ISIL Deploys Ideological Booby Trap As It Retreats

Mosul: ISIL Deploys Ideological Booby Trap As It Retreats

David Patrikarakos | ( RFE/RL ) | – – The coalition battling to take the Iraqi city of Mosul from the extremist [so-called] “Islamic State” […]

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin has abruptly become a climate-change denialist, apparently under the influence of key […]

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Iraqis Weigh in on Airstrike That Killed Hundreds In Mosul

Iraqis Weigh in on Airstrike That Killed Hundreds In Mosul

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – There is plenty of speculation about how hundreds of non-combatants were killed in Mosul, all apparently […]

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No, supremacists, the Vikings wouldn’t have put up with “Teuton” Donald Trump

No, supremacists, the Vikings wouldn’t have put up with “Teuton” Donald Trump

By Keith Ruiter | (The Conversation) | – – It has been suggested that Donald Trump “may get his assertive rather than passive manner from […]

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Palestinians condemn Israel's new illegal squatting in West Bank

Palestinians condemn Israel’s new illegal squatting in West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian leaders on Thursday and Friday strongly condemned an Israeli security cabinet vote on Thursday night […]

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