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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

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Is Israeli military using Barak in struggle w/ Netanyahu over Iran Deal?

Is Israeli military using Barak in struggle w/ Netanyahu over Iran Deal?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – – The revelations from former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s memoir keep coming. Another excerpt was broadcast by […]

Juan Cole

Corruption
Youth Revolts are back-- Lebanon, Iraq Shaken by demand for Services, end to Corruption

Youth Revolts are back– Lebanon, Iraq Shaken by demand for Services, end to Corruption

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The master narrative of much Western journalism is that the youth protests of 2011 have been […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Slovakia Will Only Accept Christian Migrants

Slovakia Will Only Accept Christian Migrants

Jo Ankier and Jose Marcelino Orti | (TheLipTV Video News) | – – “Slovakia announced Thursday that it will only accept Christians when it takes […]

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Apartheid
Israel issues demolition order for mosque in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israel issues demolition order for mosque in Palestinian East Jerusalem

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli municipality officials delivered a demolition order Friday to the al-Qaaqaa Mosque, a house, and a […]

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Domestic Terrorism
American Heroes on French Train show Courage, not Billions, needed to Face down Terrorism

American Heroes on French Train show Courage, not Billions, needed to Face down Terrorism

Deutsche Welle | (Video News Report) | – – “Three Americans are being hailed as heroes, after overpowering a gunman aboard a European high-speed train. […]

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Authoritarianism
How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo

How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo

By Natasha Ezrow | (The Conversation) | – – Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a powerful car bomb detonated outside a state security […]

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Barak--  Netanyahu was on verge of Attacking Iran 3 Times 2010-12 (Why Listening to him on Iran Diplomacy is Daft)

Barak– Netanyahu was on verge of Attacking Iran 3 Times 2010-12 (Why Listening to him on Iran Diplomacy is Daft)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a radio interview, former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak revealed that the government of Prime […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Momentum growing for Iran Deal: Obama Wins Over Jewish Democrat Nadler

Momentum growing for Iran Deal: Obama Wins Over Jewish Democrat Nadler

Wochit News | (video News Report) | – – “President Barack Obama seeking to reassure a Democratic congressman who represents the most Jewish district in […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes

Syria: Impose Arms Embargo on Regime Following Deadly Airstrikes

Human Rights Watch | – – (New York) – The United Nations Security Council should impose an arms embargo on the Syrian government following the […]

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