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Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide
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Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods at its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that his country would completely cut economic relations with Israel, blocking Israeli ships from […]

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

08/31/2025 By The Conversation

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US’s Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

08/31/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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It is Israel that abrogated Oslo Peace Accords, as Netanyahu Boasted

It is Israel that abrogated Oslo Peace Accords, as Netanyahu Boasted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, renounced the Oslo Peace accords Wednesday, on the grounds that Israel […]

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Islamophobia
The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism

The Colonial roots of Hating on Muslims, & of Muslim Nationalism

Sami Zubaida | (Open Democracy) | – – The presence of growing Muslim populations in Europe at the same time as the rise of political […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll

Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll

By Tom Balmforth | ( RFE/RL MOSCOW — More than two-thirds of Russians oppose sending troops to Syria to prop up President Bashar al-Assad’s government, […]

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Afghanistan
The Final Collapse of Bush's Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban

The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Carly Fiorina Says Waterboarding Keeps America Safe

Carly Fiorina Says Waterboarding Keeps America Safe

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTv) | – – “Carly Fiorina has defended the use of CIA waterboarding by the Bush administration in the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UK: Israel has Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire

UK: Israel has Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire

By IMEMC News. | – – The Gaza Strip was attacked at least 696 times on different occasions since the August 2014 ceasefire, said Tobias […]

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Foreign Policy
Americans are Powerful & Safe; So why do they feel Like Victims?

Americans are Powerful & Safe; So why do they feel Like Victims?

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Given the cluttered landscape of the last 14 years, can you even faintly remember the moment […]

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Barack Obama
Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria

Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama seemed awfully defensive in his speech at the United Nations on Monday. The reason […]

Juan Cole

Plutocracy
Donald Trump wants to cut taxes of self, other Billionaires by $3 Trillion

Donald Trump wants to cut taxes of self, other Billionaires by $3 Trillion

John Iadarola and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | – – “Donald Trump’s tax plan is being pitched, and covered by the media, with […]

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