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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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The rise and fall of Turkey's progressive opposition

The rise and fall of Turkey’s progressive opposition

By Nick Ashdown | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, the HDP roared into parliament on the back of a rainbow coalition […]

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The end of the Beginning:  The Fall of ISIL in Fallujah

The end of the Beginning: The Fall of ISIL in Fallujah

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After Montgomery and his troops defeated the Germans and Italians at El Alamain in northern Egypt […]

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Campaign Finance
Kochs' Victory: House of Reps. Votes to Protect Anonymous 'Dark Money'  Donors

Kochs’ Victory: House of Reps. Votes to Protect Anonymous ‘Dark Money’ Donors

TeleSur | – – The House of Representatives approved a bill that campaign finance refomers say will open the door to illegal influence on political […]

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Sufism
Who Was the mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, and Whose Rumi Is He?

Who Was the mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, and Whose Rumi Is He?

By Bismellah Alizada | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – As all the countries that call the work of Jalaluddin Rumi their own rise up against the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
PM: Israeli cut-off of West Bank water supplies in Ramadan 'inhumane and outrageous'

PM: Israeli cut-off of West Bank water supplies in Ramadan ‘inhumane and outrageous’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Prime Minister’s office on Thursday slammed Israel’s decision to cut off water supplies for […]

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FBI
Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter's ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?

Did the FBI Tell Orlando Shooter’s ex-Wife Not to reveal He Was Gay to Media?

TeleSur | – – In an interview with Brazilian TV, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen claimed the U.S. agency told her to keep quiet about […]

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British Trumpism?  Anti-Immigrant "Britain First" White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament

British Trumpism? Anti-Immigrant “Britain First” White Terrorist kills Member of Parliament

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The assassin shouted “Britain First!” as he repeatedly stabbed Jo Cox in the stomach with a […]

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Militarization
The over-teched over-priced Weapons that Ate the Pentagon

The over-teched over-priced Weapons that Ate the Pentagon

By Andrew Cockburn | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – These days, lamenting the apparently aimless character of Washington’s military operations in the Greater Middle East […]

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Afghanistan
US still in Conventional War in Afghanistan via . . . Drones?

US still in Conventional War in Afghanistan via . . . Drones?

By Jack Serle | ( Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – US drones hit Taliban more than terrorist networks despite end of Afghan war […]

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