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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

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After Prisoner Deal, Iranian Nobelist Calls on Tehran to ‘Make Peace With Its Own People’

After Prisoner Deal, Iranian Nobelist Calls on Tehran to ‘Make Peace With Its Own People’

Global Voices Online/ International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran | – – While expressing joy at Iran’s recent release of four imprisoned Iranian-Americans, Nobel […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
The Great War of Our Time:  Book Review

The Great War of Our Time: Book Review

Book Review By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Michael Morell. The Great War of our Time. The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism, […]

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ISIL kills 70 in bombing of Shiite Area, Damascus, in bid to derail Talks

ISIL kills 70 in bombing of Shiite Area, Damascus, in bid to derail Talks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) claimed responsibility Sunday for bomb attacks in the Syrian capital of Damascus that […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Every day Life under Occupation:  Clashes near Ramallah as Israeli checkpoint strands hundreds

Every day Life under Occupation: Clashes near Ramallah as Israeli checkpoint strands hundreds

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Clashes broke out on Sunday afternoon between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in the village of […]

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Afghanistan
A Teacher in Afghanistan:  Is the Future Democracy or Muslim Extremism?

A Teacher in Afghanistan: Is the Future Democracy or Muslim Extremism?

By Jeffrey E. Stern | (Informed Comment) | – – A few months ago, in downtown Kabul, a small man stood on top of a […]

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Campaign Finance
The "Democracy" of Billionaires & the Most Expensive Election ever Bought (Except for Bernie Sanders)

The “Democracy” of Billionaires & the Most Expensive Election ever Bought (Except for Bernie Sanders)

By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Speaking of the need for citizen participation in our national politics in his final State of the […]

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Turkish-Russian Airspace Conflict as Ankara-backed Turkmen flee Syria

Turkish-Russian Airspace Conflict as Ankara-backed Turkmen flee Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia rejected as “propaganda” on Saturday renewed Turkish charges that its fighter jets had crossed Turkish […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast

Not just Madaya: A million people under Food Sieges in Mideast

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Despite international laws prohibiting the use of starvation against civilians, forces on all sides […]

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Counter-Terrorism
8 Ways Nonviolence can Combat Terrorism

8 Ways Nonviolence can Combat Terrorism

By George Lakey | ( Waging Non-Violence) | – – One of my most popular courses at Swarthmore College focused on the challenge of how […]

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