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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide
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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas spoke remotely to the UN General Assembly on Thursday because the Trump administration denied him a […]

The Point of no Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a global Imperative

The Point of no Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a global Imperative

09/26/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump

The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump

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Since 1967: 95,000 Palestinian Children Incarcerated by Israel

Since 1967: 95,000 Palestinian Children Incarcerated by Israel

By IMEMC News | – – A human rights group submitted, on Wednesday, a report to UN about Israeli torture and mistreatment of Palestinian children. […]

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Has ISIL/ Daesh killed 50,000 in one Year?  Iraq's Horrors by the Numbers

Has ISIL/ Daesh killed 50,000 in one Year? Iraq’s Horrors by the Numbers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Human Rights Commission of Iraq, a body attached to the Iraqi parliament, issued statistics on […]

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Human Rights
A Year after the Fall of Mosul, Yazidi Kurdish Survivors of ISIL Massacres Struggle On

A Year after the Fall of Mosul, Yazidi Kurdish Survivors of ISIL Massacres Struggle On

VICE News | (Video Report) | – – “A year after the Islamic State’s lightning conquest of Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul, the poorly-trained and […]

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Iran
Saudi Arabia Fixated on Iran When Sunni Extremists Are Real Threat

Saudi Arabia Fixated on Iran When Sunni Extremists Are Real Threat

By Russ Wellen | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – “Saudi Arabia’s perceived need to keep Iran at bay is distracting it from […]

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Arab Spring
ISIL and the Middle East Generational Shift (with Juan Cole)

ISIL and the Middle East Generational Shift (with Juan Cole)

Elliot Hill | (The LipTV Video) | – – “With ISIS rampaging through Syria and Iraq, and a generational shift in politics and religion happening […]

Juan Cole

Acidification of Oceans
How each State in the Union can have 100% Green Energy by 2050:  The Stanford Plan

How each State in the Union can have 100% Green Energy by 2050: The Stanford Plan

By Bjorn Carey | ( Stanford News Service) | – –

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Barack Obama
Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he's Right

Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Obama administration got itself some headlines on Wednesday morning by pledging to send a few hundred […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
It isn't Israel that is being "delegitimized" but the Occupation of Palestine

It isn’t Israel that is being “delegitimized” but the Occupation of Palestine

By: John V. Whitbeck | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – June 5 marked the 48th anniversary of the “preemptive” attack on Egypt with which […]

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Bush
Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Mark Sovel & Elliot Hill | (The Lip TV – Video) | – – “Donald Rumsfeld said George W. Bush was wrong about Iraq in […]

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