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Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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The Struggle Of Palestinian Olive Farmers Under Israeli Occupation

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “These Palestinians can only access their land for a couple of days per year. This is how […]

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Displaced and Refugees
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Civilians in both Aleppos are Hurting

By Hadeel al-Shalchi | (Human Rights Watch) | – – The small child cries hysterically on the hospital bed, covered in dust and blood. The […]

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Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’

TeleSur | – – Hopewell Baptist Church is damaged by fire and graffiti in Greenville, Mississippi, U.S., Nov. 2, 2016. An online fundraising campaign was […]

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War within War - Iraqi PM: We don't want to fight Turkey but we're Ready

War within War – Iraqi PM: We don’t want to fight Turkey but we’re Ready

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – AFP Arabic reports that Iraqi PM Haydar al-Abadi said Tuesday that “We do not want a […]

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Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza

Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza

By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Nov 1 2016 (IPS) – A few weeks ago, the US government agreed to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Colonizing the Dead:   Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

Colonizing the Dead: Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Nature and Parks Authority forces demolished several graves inside a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East […]

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Investment
If he wins:  The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession

If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession

By Simon Johnson | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of […]

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Hizbullah's Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise

Hizbullah’s Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lebanon finally has a president, Michel Aoun. In accordance with the country’s national pact, he is […]

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Iraq
Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods

Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods

By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Several Sunni Muslim families were forced out of their mainly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood in Baghdad […]

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