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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 […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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A Sucker is born Every Minute:  Our Election From Hell

A Sucker is born Every Minute: Our Election From Hell

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Yep, it finally happened. In early May, after a long, long run, the elephants of […]

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Africa
The Economic Crisis of Greying World:  30 Countries have more Elderly than Children

The Economic Crisis of Greying World: 30 Countries have more Elderly than Children

By Joseph Chamie | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later it […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Strip: Blockade Causing an End to Fresh Water Resources

Gaza Strip: Blockade Causing an End to Fresh Water Resources

By IMEMC News | – – International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team | – – As every year, during the summer, the water shortage in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Google Sparks Outrage by Abolishing Palestine on Maps

Google Sparks Outrage by Abolishing Palestine on Maps

TeleSur | – – Google’s decision to wipe Palestine from its map app and portray the occupied territories as Israel sparks online protest campaign. Journalists […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Looming Aleppo Battle indicts both sides of Civil War for breaking Cease-Fire

Looming Aleppo Battle indicts both sides of Civil War for breaking Cease-Fire

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The only thing worse than the new hero status of now-covert al-Qaeda operative Abu Muhammad al-Julani […]

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Japan
On 71st Anniversary of Hiroshima, the Fear of a Nuclear Trump

On 71st Anniversary of Hiroshima, the Fear of a Nuclear Trump

TeleSur | – – Donald Trump also recently asked a national security expert three times why, since the US has nuclear weapons, it can’t use […]

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Russia
Will Syria Issue derail Turkey-Russia Rapprochement?

Will Syria Issue derail Turkey-Russia Rapprochement?

By Abbas Djavadi | ( RFE/RL ) | – – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to St. Petersburg on August 9 to meet with […]

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Climate Change
Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump

Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iowa gets 31% of its electricity from wind turbines, the highest percentage in the nation (though […]

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Democratic Party
Democrats Are Still Divided on Israel, But Clinton Runs Way to the Right

Democrats Are Still Divided on Israel, But Clinton Runs Way to the Right

By Naomi Dann | Foreign Policy in Focus | (Originally published in Lobelog) Some see Democratic VP pick Tim Kaine as a promising counterbalance to […]

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