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Genocide Scholars:  Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know
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Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 […]

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

The Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit and the Middle East in a Multipolar World

09/06/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

Israel’s ‘Refuseniks’: a growing Number of Soldiers are refusing to Serve in Netanyahu’s War on Gaza

09/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Barack Obama
A New Yalta?  Can France Craft an alliance of Putin & Obama against Daesh/ISIL?

A New Yalta? Can France Craft an alliance of Putin & Obama against Daesh/ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – French President Francois Hollande is seeking a new relationship with Russia after the attacks on Paris […]

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Iraq War
2003:  Iraqi Governors who did not want Americans in their Country

2003: Iraqi Governors who did not want Americans in their Country

“Could we have a prudent pause?”

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama to Hawks:  You can’t Occupy all the Countries in the Middle East

Obama to Hawks: You can’t Occupy all the Countries in the Middle East

By John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | – – There was something very reassuring about President Obama’s delivery of a carefully reasoned explanation for his […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Swedish FM worries about Muslim & Palestinian Youth Despair, draws Israeli Rebuke

Swedish FM worries about Muslim & Palestinian Youth Despair, draws Israeli Rebuke

By IMEMC | – – Following the Paris attacks on Friday, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom made a connection between Islamic State extremism and the […]

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France
Paris attacks: how effective has the military response been?

Paris attacks: how effective has the military response been?

By Scott Lucas | (The Conversation) | – – Even as Parisians were trying to assess the scale of the attacks by Islamic State (IS) […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Non-Christian Refugee

Non-Christian Refugee

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

Top 10 Reasons Governors are Wrong to Exclude Syrian Refugees

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some half of US governors have announced their opposition to their states taking in Syrian refugees […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Whether Jewish Refugees in '30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals

Whether Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reprint ed., slightly revised. More than half of US governors have abruptly announced that they will […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
After Paris, Rights Groups warn against Police State Tactics

After Paris, Rights Groups warn against Police State Tactics

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – ‘Whilst closed oppressive societies breed hatred and barbarism, open reflective states built on rights, freedoms […]

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