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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

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US-Allied Kurds advance in Hasaka City, NE Syria

US-Allied Kurds advance in Hasaka City, NE Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Clashes continued on Sunday between the Kurdish YPG [People’s Protection Units] and the Syrian Arab Army […]

Juan Cole

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Ex-president Saleh offers 'all Yemen's facilities' to Russia

Ex-president Saleh offers ‘all Yemen’s facilities’ to Russia

By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – In a TV interview today, Yemen’s ex-president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, appeared to invite Russian military intervention […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel planning new Squatter settlement near Bethlehem to 'cut Palestine's West Bank in two'

Israel planning new Squatter settlement near Bethlehem to ‘cut Palestine’s West Bank in two’

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities have been conducting a land survey in the southern occupied West Bank near Bethlehem […]

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The Republicans who fear that Trump isn't Belligerent Enough

The Republicans who fear that Trump isn’t Belligerent Enough

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, “Never Trump”? The Enemies of My Enemy […]

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Saudis bomb Sanaa during "Million-Person march"

Saudis bomb Sanaa during “Million-Person march”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Houthi Ansarullah Movement that controls most of north and west Yemen staged what was by […]

Juan Cole

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Juan Cole, “The Idea of Peace in the Qur’an” (Kluge Center Blog)

Juan Cole, “The Idea of Peace in the Qur’an” (Kluge Center Blog)

Juan Cole | Library of Congress | John W. Kluge Center | – – The past summer I had an appointment at the John W. […]

Juan Cole

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Near-War:  US Planes almost tangle with Syrian MiGs, which bombed area of US troop Embeds

Near-War: US Planes almost tangle with Syrian MiGs, which bombed area of US troop Embeds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The fighting that has broken out between Kurdish YPG fighters and the Syrian Arab Army in […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany

Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a campaign event on Wednesday evening, that there is no […]

Juan Cole

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Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told

Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told

By Peter Hopkins | (The Conversation) | – – Rio 2016 is proving not just to be a platform for sporting prowess, it is also […]

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