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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

05/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Is Modern Israel a Right Wing Project?

Is Modern Israel a Right Wing Project?

By Yakov M Rabkin | (Informed Comment) | – – The recent appointment of the Soviet-born Avigdor Lieberman has aggrieved many liberal supporters of Israel. […]

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Saudi Bigot-in-Chief Declares Iranian Shiites "Not Muslim"

Saudi Bigot-in-Chief Declares Iranian Shiites “Not Muslim”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – `Abd al-Aziz Al Shaikh, the chief jurisconsult or mufti for the interpretation of Muslim law in […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
The Violent Christian West should drop Islamophobia and work on itself

The Violent Christian West should drop Islamophobia and work on itself

By Johan Galtung | (Inter Press Service) | – – ALICANTE, Spain (IPS) – Watching Christianity nearly a century–fundamentalist Christians fighting ritualistic Christians fighting secularism, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel shuts down Palestinian radio station amid escalation in press violations

Israel shuts down Palestinian radio station amid escalation in press violations

Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided and ransacked a Palestinian radio station early Wednesday morning in the town of […]

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Iran
Saudis Should Not Run Hajj Pilgrimage: Iran

Saudis Should Not Run Hajj Pilgrimage: Iran

TeleSur | – – Pilgrims from Iran will be unable to attend hajj, which starts on Sept. 11 this year after talks between the two […]

Juan Cole

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With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53

With Defeat Looming, ISIL haunts Syria with 6 Bombings, Killing 53

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is still acting like a military organization, but it has always mixed military […]

Juan Cole

Fracking
Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline

Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline

AJ+ | (video News Report) – – “We take you inside the resistance camp in North Dakota that’s protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, a 1,170-mile […]

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Environment
Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers

Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As we celebrate American workers (I prefer to honor workers today rather than the abstract “labor”), […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL

The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL

TeleSur | – – “There is substantial and growing evidence that white nationalism is enjoying a meaningful resurgence within the United States . . .” […]

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