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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

06/25/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

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Obama: Palestinians deserve end to indignity of occupation

Obama: Palestinians deserve end to indignity of occupation

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — President Barack Obama says the United States is “taking a hard look” at its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, telling an Arabic […]

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Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — Jeb Bush’s people are trying to walk back his disastrous interview with Megyn Kelly in which he […]

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Farkhunda is Our Sister:  A "Martyr" to women and the Making of a New Afghanistan?

Farkhunda is Our Sister: A “Martyr” to women and the Making of a New Afghanistan?

By Ann Jones | (Tomdispatch.com) | — I went to Kabul, Afghanistan, in March to see old friends.  By chance, I arrived the day after […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian "Proxies"?  What does that even Mean?

Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian “Proxies”? What does that even Mean?

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) — A 2014 al-Monitor headline declared “Yemen’s Houthis Proxy, not Ally for Iran” but then neglected to explain the […]

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Yemen: Fierce fighting in Lead-up to Saudi Ceasefire, Children at risk of Starvation

Yemen: Fierce fighting in Lead-up to Saudi Ceasefire, Children at risk of Starvation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Heavy fighting continued in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, despite the agreement reached between Houthi rebels and […]

Juan Cole

Children
Now Yemen's Houthi Rebels are forcing Children Into Battle

Now Yemen’s Houthi Rebels are forcing Children Into Battle

Human Rights Watch | – (Beirut) – The Houthi armed group in Yemen has intensified its recruitment, training, and deployment of children in violation of […]

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Barack Obama
Just how Illegal has the NSA's Domestic Spying Been?

Just how Illegal has the NSA’s Domestic Spying Been?

By Andrew Crocker | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – We now have the first decision from a court of appeals on the NSA’s mass surveillance […]

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Apartheid
Israel plans forced evacuation of Bedouin families east of Jerusalem

Israel plans forced evacuation of Bedouin families east of Jerusalem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Dozens of Palestinian families living in the Bedouin Abu Nuwwar village to the east of Jerusalem will be forced from their land […]

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Apartheid
Hanan Ashrawi:  New Extremist Israeli Gov't generates a Culture of Hate

Hanan Ashrawi: New Extremist Israeli Gov’t generates a Culture of Hate

By IMEMC | – PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi stated: “Such a coalition betrays the true nature of the Israeli political system and […]

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