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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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Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

Israel didn’t silence Palestinian Journalists Alone; We Helped

11/04/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

Protesting U of Tennessee’s Firing of Professor Tamar Shirinian for Protected Speech

11/04/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Turkey's new "war on terror" mainly targeting Kurds

Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What was at first announced as a new Turkish turn toward attacks on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) […]

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Democratic Party
Is this how the Establishment takes down Outsiders like Bernie Sanders?

Is this how the Establishment takes down Outsiders like Bernie Sanders?

Thom Hartmann | (Video report) | – – “Thom Hartmann shares about media coverage of a new Quinnipiac poll, but the coverage leaves out some […]

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Climate Change
Climate Change Dunnit:  The Case of the missing Woolly Mammoths

Climate Change Dunnit: The Case of the missing Woolly Mammoths

By Chris Turney and Alan Cooper | (The Conversation) | – – Imagine a world populated by woolly mammoths, giant sloths and car-sized armadillos – […]

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Iran
Iraqis Divided on Iran Deal: Sunnis say, “The US sold us to Iran”

Iraqis Divided on Iran Deal: Sunnis say, “The US sold us to Iran”

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – While the rest of the world debates the merits of the Iranian nuclear deal, Iraqis are […]

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Africa
Obama Walks Fine Line in Kenya on LGBTI Rights

Obama Walks Fine Line in Kenya on LGBTI Rights

By Aruna Dutt | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 2015 (IPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in Nairobi at […]

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Barack Obama
Obama in Kenya:  Why the Horn of Africa Matters to Geopolitics

Obama in Kenya: Why the Horn of Africa Matters to Geopolitics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama’s visit to Kenya is of course personal, though he has been there before both […]

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Arab Spring
Young Protesters Languish in Jail under Egypt's Military Counter-Revolution

Young Protesters Languish in Jail under Egypt’s Military Counter-Revolution

By Nelly Bassily | ( openDemocracy) | – – Yara Sallam is starting the second year of her sentence in Qanater Women’s prison outside Cairo. […]

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Far Right
White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals

White non-terrorist La. Cinema Shooter Loved Hitler, Hated Liberals

John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Jayar Jackson, Michael Shure | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A day after the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana we […]

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Bahrain
Why the Arab Gulf Oil Monarchies should Welcome Iran Deal

Why the Arab Gulf Oil Monarchies should Welcome Iran Deal

By Miriam R Lowi | (Via al-Araby al-Jadeed ) | – – Gulf states, long-time rivals of Tehran, should seize the opportunities for regional peace […]

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