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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Climate Change
To Contain Carbon Bomb, US Must End Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands

To Contain Carbon Bomb, US Must End Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – ‘Each new lease puts us farther down the path toward climate catastrophe,’ says Friends of […]

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Nuclear Energy
70 Top nuclear Experts:  Iran Deal a ‘Net-Plus’ for Non-Proliferation Worldwide

70 Top nuclear Experts: Iran Deal a ‘Net-Plus’ for Non-Proliferation Worldwide

By S. Chandra | (Inter Press Service) – – WASHINGTON (IPS) – As the U.S. Congress prepares to vote next month on the landmark Joint […]

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Christians
Huckabee's virtual Genocide: erases Palestinians from West Bank, declares it "Israel"

Huckabee’s virtual Genocide: erases Palestinians from West Bank, declares it “Israel”

IMEMC | – – US presidential contender Mike Huckabee said during a visit to Jerusalem, on Wednesday, that he did not consider the West Bank […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Defying Saudis, Iran:  Muslim thinkers  call for Action on Climate Change at Istanbul Conference

Defying Saudis, Iran: Muslim thinkers call for Action on Climate Change at Istanbul Conference

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Attendees at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul from 20 countries produced, and 60 […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Despite Sordid Past, Nuclear Deal can Repair US-Iran Relations:  An open letter to Congress and the White House

Despite Sordid Past, Nuclear Deal can Repair US-Iran Relations: An open letter to Congress and the White House

Francis A. Mlynarczyk, Jr. and Walter M. Cadette | (Informed Comment)| – – Washington has an opportunity to repair its tattered relations with Iran. The […]

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Alawites
Iran's Support for Syria Pragmatic, not Religious (or, Who are the Alawites?)

Iran’s Support for Syria Pragmatic, not Religious (or, Who are the Alawites?)

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | – – The Shia government in Teheran and the Alawi regime in Damascus have had warm relations since Iran’s Islamic […]

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National Security State
Hard to get Good Help:  Are US Generals just Incompetent?

Hard to get Good Help: Are US Generals just Incompetent?

By William J. Astore | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Thomas Jefferson Hall, West Point’s library and learning center, prominently features two quotations for cadets to […]

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Algeria
As Oil Prices Crater, Algeria needs an Actual Economy or big Trouble Looms

As Oil Prices Crater, Algeria needs an Actual Economy or big Trouble Looms

By Allan Christelow | (Informed Comment) | – – Like other oil producers, Algeria faces difficulties with the sharp decline in prices since 2014. But […]

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Bashar al-Assad
How many thousands US troops would GOP Hopefuls send to Iraq and Syria?

How many thousands US troops would GOP Hopefuls send to Iraq and Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bill Barrow of the Associated Press took a look at the specifics of plans for US […]

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