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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

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Bundy White Terrorists detained, one Killed in suicidal Shoot-out

Bundy White Terrorists detained, one Killed in suicidal Shoot-out

Contessa Brewer | (CBSN Video News Report) | – – “Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed militia that occupied a national wildlife refuge in […]

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Why Israel's Netanyahu has no standing to accuse UN Sec. Ban of inciting Terrorism

Why Israel’s Netanyahu has no standing to accuse UN Sec. Ban of inciting Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out this week in an address to the UN Security Council […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s land grab undermines Palestinian statehood – and violates international law

Israel’s land grab undermines Palestinian statehood – and violates international law

By Amy Maguire | (The Conversation) | – – Israel is preparing to make its largest land seizure in the West Bank since August 2014. […]

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Democratic Party
6 National Security Questions the Establishment Candidates don't want to Answer

6 National Security Questions the Establishment Candidates don’t want to Answer

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com To judge by the early returns, the presidential race of 2016 is shaping up as the most disheartening […]

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History
Toward a New Islamic Golden Age through Science

Toward a New Islamic Golden Age through Science

By Nidhal Guessoum | (Project Syndicate) | – – SHARJAH – The Muslim world’s past contributions to science and education were extraordinary. The Islamic “golden […]

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Militarization
No, Donald Trump, we can't just "take their oil"

No, Donald Trump, we can’t just “take their oil”

By Emily Schwartz Greco | (Otherwords.org) | – – Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign ad pledged to “take their oil.” That’s what President (gasp) Trump […]

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Top 5 Ways Putin has won big in Syria and why Europe is embracing him

Top 5 Ways Putin has won big in Syria and why Europe is embracing him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia is so far winning big in Syria, and making Moscow’s projection of force in the […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Why has Turkish Foreign Policy Gone Rogue & What does it mean for the US?

Why has Turkish Foreign Policy Gone Rogue & What does it mean for the US?

By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | – – Turkey has become one of America’s most vital partners in the Middle East in promoting stability […]

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Israel
Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?

Are Palestinian-Israelis going from 2nd Class Citizens to 3rd Class?

By Nadim Nashif and Raya Naamneh | Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Israel still portrays itself as a Jewish and democratic state. […]

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