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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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An Islamic Reformation?  There have been Many

An Islamic Reformation? There have been Many

Sami Zubaida | ( Open Democracy) | – – We keep hearing calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’, but the Protestant Reformation was not a liberal […]

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Britain's Debate over Banning Trump by the Numbers

Britain’s Debate over Banning Trump by the Numbers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The British parliament will debate a motion to ban Donald Trump from the UK on January […]

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Why have we normalized Islamophobia?

Why have we normalized Islamophobia?

By John Esposito | ( OUPBlog) | – – The horrific attacks in Paris and San Bernardino have captured headlines and triggered responses from journalists, […]

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Separating anti-Semitism from Anti-Zionism

Separating anti-Semitism from Anti-Zionism

By Lillian Rosengarten | (Informed Comment) | – – The distinction between Zionism and Judaism remains in constant need of clarification and discussion. Fanatics closed […]

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Syria
How Realistic is the Big 5 Peace Plan for Syria?

How Realistic is the Big 5 Peace Plan for Syria?

By Baher Kamal | (IPS) | – – MADRID (IPS) – The “big five” – i.e., the most military powerful states on earth (US, UK, […]

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National Security State
The Surprising Reasons Washington's ISIL Obsession obscures the Real Threats

The Surprising Reasons Washington’s ISIL Obsession obscures the Real Threats

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) It’s time to panic! As 2015 ended, this country was certifiably terror-stricken. It had the Islamic State (IS) on […]

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ISIL/ Daesh Threatens to attack Saudi Arabia after Executions

ISIL/ Daesh Threatens to attack Saudi Arabia after Executions

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has pledged to attack and destroy the two Saudi political prisons, al-Ha’ir (Riyadh) […]

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Nuclear weapons
What is an H-Bomb?

What is an H-Bomb?

Arirang News | (Video Short Documentary) | – – “So North Korea claims it′s a hydrogen not an atomic bomb that it′s tested. But what […]

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Guns
A Letter from Norway on our Epidemic of Mass Shootings

A Letter from Norway on our Epidemic of Mass Shootings

By John L Hanson | (Informed Comment) | – – Why is it easier to buy a gun than to board a Plane? Why doesn’t […]

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