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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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Did Obama Really “Surrender the Middle East to Putin?”

Did Obama Really “Surrender the Middle East to Putin?”

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – A perusal of the “writing on the hall” commentary of the Right Wing in the […]

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Far Right
Surprise!  Male Chauvinist Pig Trump gets vulgar with Hillary Clinton

Surprise! Male Chauvinist Pig Trump gets vulgar with Hillary Clinton

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “During the Democratic debate Hillary Clinton returned from the bathroom break […]

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Syria
Is its Syria Adventure destabilizing Turkey?

Is its Syria Adventure destabilizing Turkey?

By Nadir Firat | (Informed Comment) | – – Riza Saka, a lawyer turned TV pundit, declared that “Turkey has nothing to fear” from the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
4,000 Sick Gaza Palestinians need to Leave for Treatment, but are blocked by Israeli, Egyptian Blockades

4,000 Sick Gaza Palestinians need to Leave for Treatment, but are blocked by Israeli, Egyptian Blockades

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA (Ma’an) — Around 4,000 sick Palestinians in Gaza need to travel through the Rafah crossing on the Gaza […]

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Barack Obama
Obama:  Is the Media Hyping the threat from Daesh/ ISIL?

Obama: Is the Media Hyping the threat from Daesh/ ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama gave an interview on National Public Radio on Monday in which he attempted to […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
6 US Troops killed by Taliban Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan

6 US Troops killed by Taliban Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan

Curated by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring translates from Pushtu a report from the ‘Afghan Islamic Press’ from Kabul on […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Which war did the Republican candidates serve in? Reflections on GOP War Talk from an Iraq vet

Which war did the Republican candidates serve in? Reflections on GOP War Talk from an Iraq vet

By Ramon Mejia | ( Waging Nonviolence) | – – As a U.S. Marine veteran who was deployed to Iraq in 2003, I can’t even […]

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Left Politics
Will Spain's Bernie Sanders be a power Broker in wake of Elections?

Will Spain’s Bernie Sanders be a power Broker in wake of Elections?

By Paul Kennedy | (The Conversation) | – – Although Spain’s two big parties technically remain the largest after this year’s general election, they find […]

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Foreign Policy
Trump & GOP:  Saber Rattling re: Iranians can never be too Aggressive

Trump & GOP: Saber Rattling re: Iranians can never be too Aggressive

By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices Online) | – – GOP candidate Donald Trump was the first to attack Iran early on in the [last] […]

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