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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

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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The Failure of Aljazeera America proves that the future of TV is the Web

The Failure of Aljazeera America proves that the future of TV is the Web

By Scott Bridges | (The Conversation) | – – Yesterday came the surprising announcement that Al Jazeera America (AJAM), the not even three-year-old US news […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu Still trying to derail Iran Nuclear Deal

Israeli PM Netanyahu Still trying to derail Iran Nuclear Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring reports that over the weekend, even as the great Powers were certifying that Iran […]

Juan Cole

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A radical solution to Daesh/ ISIL:  Stop Intervening in the Middle East

A radical solution to Daesh/ ISIL: Stop Intervening in the Middle East

Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – How can we stop the [so-called] Islamic State [group]? Imagine yourself shaken awake, rushed off to a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters scrawl hate graffiti on Jerusalem Church

Israeli Squatters scrawl hate graffiti on Jerusalem Church

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Suspected Israeli extremist wrote threatening hate speech on the doors of an ancient church in the […]

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Iran
Jubilation in Iran on "Implementation Day" ending Sanctions

Jubilation in Iran on “Implementation Day” ending Sanctions

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( Globalvoices.org) | – – Share this:         The Sunday January 17 cover for Iranian reformist newspaper Ghanoon states: […]

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African-Americans
On MLK Day, let's Remember Ike's warning about the Military-Industrial Complex

On MLK Day, let’s Remember Ike’s warning about the Military-Industrial Complex

By Shahid Buttar | Electronic Frontier Foundation [Sunday] marked the 55th anniversary of a world-historical speech by the last war hero to occupy the White […]

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Christians
Evangelical Militarism & Islamophobia? Does the Wheaton College Hawkins case signal a Problem?

Evangelical Militarism & Islamophobia? Does the Wheaton College Hawkins case signal a Problem?

By Damon F. Lynch | (Informed Comment) | – – Evangelical university Wheaton College has generated global attention by suspending and initiating the firing of […]

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Daesh/ ISIL carries off 400 Women & Children from Deir al-Zor to a fate worse than Death

Daesh/ ISIL carries off 400 Women & Children from Deir al-Zor to a fate worse than Death

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on Sunday attacked an isolated outpost of the Syrian Arab Army in a […]

Juan Cole

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Can Twitter be Sued for 'Facilitating' ISIL Terrorism?

Can Twitter be Sued for ‘Facilitating’ ISIL Terrorism?

By Bruce Baer Arnold | (The Conversation) | – – If ISIS and its supporters use Twitter to facilitate terrorist action or merely spread propaganda, […]

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