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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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Iran helping build "New Syrian Army;" ISIL fighters Fleeing to Iraq from Russian Airstrikes

Iran helping build “New Syrian Army;” ISIL fighters Fleeing to Iraq from Russian Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarabiya television is reporting 16 new casualties in Syria since October 9 among Iranian fighters there. […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse

Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse

Channel 4 News | (Video News Report) | – – “More than 200 people have been killed in a powerful quake which shook areas of […]

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Senior National Security Advisers urge Obama to put Spec Ops Troops close to ISIL Front

Senior National Security Advisers urge Obama to put Spec Ops Troops close to ISIL Front

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Missy Ryan and Greg Jaffe at the Washington Post reveal that President Obama’s senior national security […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Tel Aviv:  Israelis Rally against Netanyahu's Policies toward Palestinians

Tel Aviv: Israelis Rally against Netanyahu’s Policies toward Palestinians

By IMEMC | – – Thousands of Israeli protesters have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv to denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies, which […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Let's not forget: the real drivers behind Palestinian anger

Let’s not forget: the real drivers behind Palestinian anger

By Hugh Lovatt | ( Your Middle East) | – – “Israeli society continues to turn a blind eye to the suffering it inflicts on […]

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Health
Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?

Are Red Meat & Bacon As Cancer-Causing As Cigarettes and Plutonium?

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Processed meats have been placed in the same health risk category as smoking and asbestos […]

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Bush Lapdog Blair can't Even Apologize Correctly for Destabilizing the Middle East

Bush Lapdog Blair can’t Even Apologize Correctly for Destabilizing the Middle East

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Former British PM Tony Blair reiterated on Sunday some of his previous half-hearted “apologies” for illegally […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine: Hebron at eye of the storm as death toll rises from Squatter attacks

Palestine: Hebron at eye of the storm as death toll rises from Squatter attacks

By: Killian Redden | Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — As the death toll has risen across the occupied Palestinian territory, the […]

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Militarization
But are they effective?  Elite US Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015

But are they effective? Elite US Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015

By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – They’re some of the best soldiers in the world: highly trained, well equipped, and experts […]

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