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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence
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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Why has the Democratic leadership shown such reluctance to take effective legislative action to halt the flow […]

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

09/01/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

09/01/2025 By The Conversation

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Human Rights
Red Crescent: Israeli forces injure Nearly 500 Palestinians in 3 days

Red Crescent: Israeli forces injure Nearly 500 Palestinians in 3 days

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least 499 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers across the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Education for refugees can help save Syria's lost generation

Education for refugees can help save Syria’s lost generation

By Dorrie Chetty | (The Conversation) | – – With the world’s focus firmly on the European response to the refugee crisis in recent weeks, […]

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Facing ISIL Propaganda, Russia Denies its Syria Campaign is a "Holy War"

Facing ISIL Propaganda, Russia Denies its Syria Campaign is a “Holy War”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Remember when George W. Bush lapsed and called his Iraq War a “crusade?” He had to […]

Juan Cole

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Why Are So Many Millennials Rallying Behind Bernie Sanders?

Why Are So Many Millennials Rallying Behind Bernie Sanders?

Lindsay Miller | (Popsugar Video Report) | – – “If you’ve been on Facebook lately, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Bernie Sanders popping up […]

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Iraq
Aided by Climate Change, ISIL wages Water war on Shiites of south Iraq

Aided by Climate Change, ISIL wages Water war on Shiites of south Iraq

By Raad Salem | (Niqash.org) | Amarah | – – “Droughts, extremists’ control of water upstream and government austerity measures that are shutting pumping stations: […]

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Israel
Civil War: Israeli troops shoot 96 Palestinians after 4 Israelis Killed

Civil War: Israeli troops shoot 96 Palestinians after 4 Israelis Killed

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLHEM (Ma’an) — At least 96 Palestinians have been wounded by live rounds or rubber-coated steel bullets in clashes […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria:  Is there a Russian-Iranian Dispute over Fate of al-Assad?

Syria: Is there a Russian-Iranian Dispute over Fate of al-Assad?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia and Iran don’t see eye to eye about the future of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkey fears fallout from Russian strikes in Syria

Turkey fears fallout from Russian strikes in Syria

Euractiv | – – Turkey will not allow “terror to take root” or “fait accompli situations” next to its borders, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said […]

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Iraq
The Young Iraqis Promoting Darwinism and Rationalism To Save Iraq

The Young Iraqis Promoting Darwinism and Rationalism To Save Iraq

Marwan Jabbar | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – One of the more unusual, grass roots groups in Iraq today is Real Sciences. They are […]

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