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Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington
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Conflicting Visions of an International Force for Gaza in Istanbul and Washington

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two visions of the future of Gaza are congealing, in two different power centers. One is the Arab and Muslim […]

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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”

On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

11/05/2025 By Juan Cole

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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Settlement Expansion Largely Responsible for Violence in Occupied West Bank

Settlement Expansion Largely Responsible for Violence in Occupied West Bank

By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Just weeks after an 18-month-old baby was killed in an arson […]

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Climate Change
Good Earth News:  Are Tar Sands & Fracking Doomed by Long Oil Glut?

Good Earth News: Are Tar Sands & Fracking Doomed by Long Oil Glut?

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com | – – The plunge of global oil prices began in June 2014, when benchmark Brent crude was selling […]

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Iran
Did Ayatollah Sistani just save Iraq from Iran-backed militias by pushing Gov't Reforms?

Did Ayatollah Sistani just save Iraq from Iran-backed militias by pushing Gov’t Reforms?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org)| – – During last week’s protests, secret plans were made to use demonstrations to topple the government. But a […]

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Why Partitioning Iraq is a Terrible Idea

Why Partitioning Iraq is a Terrible Idea

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I think the remarks of outgoing US Army chief Gen. Ray Odierno on the possible partition […]

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Climate Change
GOP Pres. Candidates AWOL on Clean Power Plan

GOP Pres. Candidates AWOL on Clean Power Plan

The Tree | – – Exactly one week after the United States government finalized its historic Clean Power Plan, the traditional opponents of the transition […]

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Democratic Party
Bernie Sanders Surges Past Hillary In N. Hampshire

Bernie Sanders Surges Past Hillary In N. Hampshire

Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | – – “Up until this week we were asking the question, “Can Bernie Sanders ever […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced

Saudi-led war in Yemen provokes Humanitarian Crisis, 1.2 mn. displaced

By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Doctors Without Borders . . . is warning that the violence […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu's Arrest Goes Viral

Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral

By IMEMC | – – A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next […]

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Memo to Jeb Bush: It was W's Surge that created ISIL, not Hillary

Memo to Jeb Bush: It was W’s Surge that created ISIL, not Hillary

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Jeb Bush very unwisely went after Hillary Clinton last night on the grounds that her Iraq […]

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