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Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with Concrete Sanctions if Gaza War is not Halted
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Britain, France and Canada threaten Israel with Concrete Sanctions if Gaza War is not Halted

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Britain, France and Canada issued a statement on Monday, demanding that the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu cease its military […]

Gaza faces Catastrophic Famine

Gaza faces Catastrophic Famine

05/20/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Lifting Syria Sanctions is a win for Middle Power Turkey

Trump Lifting Syria Sanctions is a win for Middle Power Turkey

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Why Trump's tiff with the Pope endangers his Political Future

Why Trump’s tiff with the Pope endangers his Political Future

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump’s tiff with Pope Francis continued on Thursday, though Trump appears to have […]

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Islam
No, it isn’t all one Thing:  The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam

No, it isn’t all one Thing: The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam

By Aaron W. Hughes | (The Conversation) | – – The rise of Islamic State has led to much speculation about the group’s origins: how […]

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Israel
Civility?  Professor Proposes Israel “flatten” a City of 1 million

Civility? Professor Proposes Israel “flatten” a City of 1 million

By Belén Fernández | ( TeleSur ) | – – No, Israel Should Not Flatten Beirut: A debate over whether Israel should commit war crimes […]

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Denialism
Exxon-Mobil's past Crimes against the Earth are nothing Compared to its Present Ones

Exxon-Mobil’s past Crimes against the Earth are nothing Compared to its Present Ones

By Bill McKibben | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Here’s the story so far. We have the chief legal representatives of the eighth and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UN: Over 400 Palestinians displaced by Israel in 6 weeks

UN: Over 400 Palestinians displaced by Israel in 6 weeks

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over 400 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced due to Israeli demolitions during […]

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Syria:  500 Turkey-backed Sunni Arab Fighters Cross to defend Azaz from Kurds

Syria: 500 Turkey-backed Sunni Arab Fighters Cross to defend Azaz from Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This morning, according to the Syria Observatory and the Arabic press some 500 Sunni Arab rebels […]

Juan Cole

Terrorism
Turkey's New Normal?:  Bombing in Ankara kills Dozens

Turkey’s New Normal?: Bombing in Ankara kills Dozens

By Winston Obertan | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – Ankara. Wikimedia image. A bomb blast, believed to have originated from a car bomb, has […]

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military
Are Outside Interventions in Syria undermining Int'l Law & our own Security?

Are Outside Interventions in Syria undermining Int’l Law & our own Security?

By Ingvild Bode | (The Conversation) | – – Since 2012, the war in Syria has lurched from one escalation to another. Syrians have been […]

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Iran
Can the Nuclear Deal survive the Iranian and American Elections?

Can the Nuclear Deal survive the Iranian and American Elections?

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Although the implementation of Iranian nuclear deal has been welcomed by all […]

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