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Libyan Gov’t Decries Fake News about Taking 1 mn. Palestinian Refugees: “Committed to the Palestinian Cause”
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Libyan Gov’t Decries Fake News about Taking 1 mn. Palestinian Refugees: “Committed to the Palestinian Cause”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abu Dhabi-based Erem News reports that the Prime Minister of Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli, […]

A New Aid Regime for Gaza: Humanitarian Facade, Military Core

A New Aid Regime for Gaza: Humanitarian Facade, Military Core

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For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him

For all Trump’s new Mideast Contracts, Two Big Deals Elude Him

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US confused over Russia’s real intentions in Syria

US confused over Russia’s real intentions in Syria

By EurActiv.com | – – Russia’s latest military moves in Syria have sharpened divisions within the US administration over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin genuinely […]

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Islam
Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries

Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries

Laura Ling | (TestTube Video Report) | – – “Face veils are often viewed as a symbol of modesty in Islam, but many governments have […]

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Books
Love and Wine  (Poem of the Day:  Abu Nuwas of Baghdad)

Love and Wine (Poem of the Day: Abu Nuwas of Baghdad)

Abū Nuwas al-Hasan ibn Hanī al-Hakamī (756–814) | Love and Wine | – – Ho! a cup, and fill it up, and tell me it […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Forcibly closes More Bedouin Villages in Negev Desert

Israel Forcibly closes More Bedouin Villages in Negev Desert

By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | – – UMM AL-HERAN, Southern Israel, Apr 22 2016 (IPS) – Despite ostensibly freezing the Prawer Plan […]

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Barack Obama
The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal

By Charles Davis | ( TeleSur | – – The U.S. is at war with the same extremist group it claimed to have defeated five […]

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Prince’s Islamophilia as a Problem:  “It’s fun to be in Islamic Countries”

Prince’s Islamophilia as a Problem: “It’s fun to be in Islamic Countries”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – in a 2011 interview in The Guardian, the late musician Prince said something that surprised his […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Fascist Turn, Thousands Demonstrate for Israeli Soldier who shot Dazed Palestinian in Head

In Fascist Turn, Thousands Demonstrate for Israeli Soldier who shot Dazed Palestinian in Head

AJ+ | – – “An Israeli soldier was charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing a wounded Palestinian man. Now, thousands are still demanding his […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli security agency exposes 'Jewish terror ring'

Israeli security agency exposes ‘Jewish terror ring’

By Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Shin Bet security agency recently uncovered a “Jewish terrorist ring” which carried out a […]

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Arab World
The Future of the Mideast:  A decentralized, Networked Pan-Arabism transcending Sykes-Picot?

The Future of the Mideast: A decentralized, Networked Pan-Arabism transcending Sykes-Picot?

By Parag Khanna | (Informed Comment) | – – While embedded with U.S. Special Operations Forces in 2007, I witnessed firsthand America’s incredible ability to […]

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