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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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European Union
Is Brexit Really About Keeping Muslims Out?

Is Brexit Really About Keeping Muslims Out?

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “The UK is about to vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union.” AJ+: […]

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Democratic Party
Occupy Congress? House Democrats Stage Sit-In to Force Vote on Gun Control

Occupy Congress? House Democrats Stage Sit-In to Force Vote on Gun Control

TeleSur | – – Democrats have been demanding changes to gun control policy in the wake of the Orlando club shooting. U.S. House Democrats staged […]

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$206 Mn. to Hate Groups to Promote anti-Muslim Sentiment

$206 Mn. to Hate Groups to Promote anti-Muslim Sentiment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and the Council on American Islamic Relations have […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Can we stop the Mediterranean from becoming a Refugee Graveyard?

Can we stop the Mediterranean from becoming a Refugee Graveyard?

By Adam Levenson | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Addresses the Syrian Refugee Crisis We are reminded about the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis […]

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Dissent
Erdogan loses appeal against German media re: Comedian who Satirized him

Erdogan loses appeal against German media re: Comedian who Satirized him

By EurActiv.com with AFP Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lost a German court battle against a top media boss when his appeal in a bitter […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Is Bombing Fallujah into Rubble from the air really a Winning Strategy?

Is Bombing Fallujah into Rubble from the air really a Winning Strategy?

By William J. Astore | (Via Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In the era of the long war on terror, Thursday, June 2nd, 2016, was […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Livni Slams Netanyahu, Calls for Israeli Referendum on Two-state Solution

Livni Slams Netanyahu, Calls for Israeli Referendum on Two-state Solution

By IMEMC | – – Zionist Union member of the Israeli parliament of the Knesset, Tzipi Livni, called for a referendum, Saturday afternoon, over what […]

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After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it's the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it’s the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump’s blatantly racist attacks on immigrants have all along had as their subtext the implication […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Terrorism
After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

By Saif Shahin | ( Foreign Policy in Focus/ Lobelog) | – – An analysis of the Twitter conversation over 12 hours on the day […]

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