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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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Arab World
Arab World's biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

Arab World’s biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

By Brahma Chellaney | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to […]

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Arms Sales
US does 1/2 of all World's Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

US does 1/2 of all World’s Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When American firms dominate a global market worth more than $70 billion a year, you’d expect […]

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Authoritarianism
Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

By Fatma Müge Göçek | (The Conversation) | – – After the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, one of the first actions of the […]

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Democratic Party
The most Left Wing Supreme Court in a Generation?  Sec. Clinton's most important Progressive Prospect

The most Left Wing Supreme Court in a Generation? Sec. Clinton’s most important Progressive Prospect

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Progressives who had backed Bernie Sanders are understandably upset about the prospect of a Clinton presidency. […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

NJ.com | (News Video Clip) | – – “Comedian and Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage along side of Al Franken to tell […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

Palestinian FM asks Arab League to help sue UK over Balfour Declaration

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki urged the Arab League to help the Palestinian Authority to sue […]

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Arab Americans
Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

By Daniella Cheslow | ( RFE/RL) | – – PATERSON, New Jersey — The president of the largest mosque in northern New Jersey says Donald […]

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Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel

Arab Street Shocked as Saudi Delegation Visits Israel

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Egyptian news site the Arab Observer Network reports that the visit to Israel of a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Lieberman: Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish's Verse is ‘Mein Kampf’

Lieberman: Palestinian National Poet Mahmoud Darwish’s Verse is ‘Mein Kampf’

By IMEMC News | – – Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has compared the broadcast of poetry by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish on Israeli radio […]

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