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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

06/25/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Education
What makes one Palestinian Village School one of the Best in the Middle East?

What makes one Palestinian Village School one of the Best in the Middle East?

World Bank | – “Amid widespread dissatisfaction with public services in the Arab world, a new report identifies local success stories that could point the […]

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Climate Change
Do Republicans favor Coal Plants over Americans' Health?

Do Republicans favor Coal Plants over Americans’ Health?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – ‘”The Obama administration’s proposed curbs on coal-burning power plants could prevent thousands of deaths each year from […]

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Barack Obama
Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama's Gulf Summit

Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama’s Gulf Summit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Watching Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia nowadays, is like Kremlin-watching in the old days of the Cold […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries

38 Million displaced and homeless in their own Countries

AFP | — “Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to […]

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Democracy
Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

By Luisa Gandolfo | (The Conversation) | – Only weeks after Israel’s snap Knesset elections, the Likud party was bluntly reminded that winning the most […]

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Arab World
Egypt:  Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption

Egypt: Mubarak, Sons, given 3-year Wrist Slap for Massive Corruption

Reuters | — “Hosni Mubarak and his two sons are sentenced to three years in jail without parole in the retrial of a corruption case. […]

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Climate Change
Hawaii goes Green and other Big Renewables Stories

Hawaii goes Green and other Big Renewables Stories

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Hawaii legislature has just passed a bill by an overwhelming margin that sets a goal of […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?

Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?

John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) — “Senator Tom Cotton has a lot of faith in the military prowess of ISIS, […]

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Apartheid
Palestinians: ""The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed"

Palestinians: “”The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed”

By IMEMC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing religious “government of war” is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said […]

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