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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Israel
Jerusalem a Tinderbox that could Explode: EU Report

Jerusalem a Tinderbox that could Explode: EU Report

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – A leaked EU report cautioned that Jerusalem has reached its highest point of “polarization and violence” since the Second Intifada in 2005, […]

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Climate Change
Iran's Lakes becoming Deserts as Climate Change, Dams provoke Aridity

Iran’s Lakes becoming Deserts as Climate Change, Dams provoke Aridity

AFP | – “Nazar Sarani’s village in southeast Iran was once an island. It is now a desert, a casualty of the country’s worsening water […]

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Palestine
Palestinian Women:  The Oppressed of the Oppressed

Palestinian Women: The Oppressed of the Oppressed

By Mel Frykberg | – GAZA CITY (IPS) – Israel’s siege of Gaza, aided and abetted by the Egyptians in the south, has aggravated the […]

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Yemen Bombing:  It's not ISIL and it's not Sunni-Shiite Conflict

Yemen Bombing: It’s not ISIL and it’s not Sunni-Shiite Conflict

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The massive twin bombings at mosques in the capital that shook Yemen on Friday, killing over 100 and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Even if they can Defeat ISIL/ Daesh, Can Iraqi Politicians Get together?  The Surprising Answer

Even if they can Defeat ISIL/ Daesh, Can Iraqi Politicians Get together? The Surprising Answer

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Former political enemies are forming new, non-sectarian alliances to prepare for an extremist-free future. Shiites are partnering […]

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Climate Change
Unprecedented CO2 Crimes:   Next time, Let’s Call it “Cyclone ExxonMobil”

Unprecedented CO2 Crimes: Next time, Let’s Call it “Cyclone ExxonMobil”

By David Ray Griffin, author of “Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?” (Clarity Press, 2015). | – Cyclone Pam, which this past week caused […]

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Barack Obama
Obama might stop vetoing UNSC Resolutions re: Israel after Netanyahu rejected Palestinian state

Obama might stop vetoing UNSC Resolutions re: Israel after Netanyahu rejected Palestinian state

RT | – The US is “evaluating” its policy towards Israel in the wake of Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election and campaign statements. This could involve passing […]

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International Criminal Court
Will Palestine now take Israel's Netanyahu to Int'l Criminal Court for War Crimes?

Will Palestine now take Israel’s Netanyahu to Int’l Criminal Court for War Crimes?

By Kate Shuttleworth and Joe Dyke | JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (IRIN) – Shortly before Israel’s elections on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that as long as […]

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Climate Change
10 Foot Sea Level Rise Concern:  Warm Water Reaching Antarctic Fast-Thinning Glacier

10 Foot Sea Level Rise Concern: Warm Water Reaching Antarctic Fast-Thinning Glacier

Jackson School of Geoscience News | University of Texas, Austin | – Excerpt: Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) […]

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