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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

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Why are Saudi-led Airstrikes Targeting Civilian Factories in Yemen?

Why are Saudi-led Airstrikes Targeting Civilian Factories in Yemen?

Human Rights Watch | – – Unlawful Attacks Harm Economy, Show Need for Victim Compensation (Beirut) Saudi Arabia-led coalition airstrikes have unlawfully hit numerous factories, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli cabinet approves $12.8 million to 'strengthen' Kiryat Arba squatter settlement on Palestinian Land

Israeli cabinet approves $12.8 million to ‘strengthen’ Kiryat Arba squatter settlement on Palestinian Land

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday a 50 million shekel ($12.8 million) plan to “strengthen” the […]

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Iran
Is Iran winning their Mideast Cold War with Saudi Arabia?

Is Iran winning their Mideast Cold War with Saudi Arabia?

By Robert Harvey | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – A cold war is taking place in a very hot place. A key component […]

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African-Americans
Kurdish Women Fighting ISIL Send Solidarity to BlackLivesMatter

Kurdish Women Fighting ISIL Send Solidarity to BlackLivesMatter

TeleSur | – – “You are among the most radical voices in today’s racist, sexist, capitalist world,” the YPJ wrote to Black Lives Matter. Fighters […]

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Republican Party
Does Donald Trump win even if he loses?

Does Donald Trump win even if he loses?

By Nomi Prins with Craig Wilson | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – “Establishment: A group in a society exercising power and influence over matters […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syrian Troops foil al-Qaeda riposte in Aleppo as France warns al-Qaeda could replace ISIL

Syrian Troops foil al-Qaeda riposte in Aleppo as France warns al-Qaeda could replace ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Even as the Syrian army defeated a counter-offensive by al-Qaeda in Syria and its battlefield allies […]

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Democratic Party
Clintonites in Democratic Party Back Settler Colonialism (Not a 1905 Headline)

Clintonites in Democratic Party Back Settler Colonialism (Not a 1905 Headline)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Clinton loyalists debating the Democratic Party platform have defeated an amendment that would have called […]

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Iraq War
Why you can't explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil

Why you can’t explain the Iraq War without mentioning oil

By Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | – – Well before the US and UK led the invasion of Iraq, the two countries were under […]

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prison reform
White House Admits Prison spending has grown 3x as fast as Education for Decades

White House Admits Prison spending has grown 3x as fast as Education for Decades

TeleSur | – – U.S. state and local spending on prisons and jails grew at three times the rate of spending on schools over the […]

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