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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Displaced and Refugees
Palestine and History: Macklemore v. Hillary Clinton

Palestine and History: Macklemore v. Hillary Clinton

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered herself of some ahistorical and distorted remarks about Palestine on Morning Joe, maintaining […]

Juan Cole

Anti-Zionism
Weaponizing Antisemitism

Weaponizing Antisemitism

By Ellen Cantarow and Jennifer Loewenstein | – ( Commondreams.org ) – All of us—and we are legion across the worldmust keep our eyes on […]

Common Dreams

Displaced and Refugees
Israel is not giving Aid Groups what they need to to run operational Responses the Gaza Emergency

Israel is not giving Aid Groups what they need to to run operational Responses the Gaza Emergency

By Raymond Offenheiser, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – Amid persistent calls from the United States and other countries that Israel needs […]

The Conversation

Anti-Zionism
Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation

Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Antisemitism is making the headlines. The Israeli Prime Minister describes as antisemitic the accusation that Israel is committing […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Arab World
Why are Algorithms called Algorithms? A brief History of the Persian Polymath you’ve likely never Heard of

Why are Algorithms called Algorithms? A brief History of the Persian Polymath you’ve likely never Heard of

By Debbie Passey, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, […]

The Conversation

Dissent
War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a […]

Tomdispatch

Dissent
Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I on Sea Change Radio with Alex Wise. Transcript below. Or listen here: Pro-Palestinian student protests are […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel wants to destroy Gaza and annex the West Bank, but what do the Palestinians want?

Israel wants to destroy Gaza and annex the West Bank, but what do the Palestinians want?

( Middle East Monitor) – What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict between more or less equals, but a straightforward case […]

Ramzy Baroud

censorship
Washington U.: Protesting Severe Beating by Police of Prof. Steve Tamari, Arrest, Suspension of Faculty and Students

Washington U.: Protesting Severe Beating by Police of Prof. Steve Tamari, Arrest, Suspension of Faculty and Students

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Dr. Andrew Martin Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis admartin@wustl.edu . . . We write on […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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