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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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The Chapel Hill Shootings & the Troubling Growth of Anti-Muslim Intolerance

The Chapel Hill Shootings & the Troubling Growth of Anti-Muslim Intolerance

By Charles Kurzman | (ISLAMiCommentary) | – People from throughout the Triangle filled the UNC-Chapel Hill Pit Wednesday for the vigil for Deah Shaddy Barakat, […]

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Keystone of Corruption:  The Money Pipeline from Big Oil to Congress

Keystone of Corruption: The Money Pipeline from Big Oil to Congress

By Kitty Stapp NEW YORK (IPS) – With battle lines sharpening over the stalled Keystone XL pipeline, a new analysis details the intense industry lobbying […]

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The Daily Show was never ‘real’ news – but came (depressingly) close

The Daily Show was never ‘real’ news – but came (depressingly) close

Julia Fox, Indiana University | (The Conversation) Jon Stewart’s Tuesday night announcement that he’ll be leaving the Daily Show garnered an audible cry of disbelief […]

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'Lone Wolf,' 'Self-Radicalized': Islamophobic Buzzwords never applied to White Terrorists

‘Lone Wolf,’ ‘Self-Radicalized’: Islamophobic Buzzwords never applied to White Terrorists

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Did a self-radicalized lone wolf white terrorist kill three young Muslim students in cold blood in Chapel Hill? […]

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Old White Men Dominate Sunday Political Shows Yet Again

Old White Men Dominate Sunday Political Shows Yet Again

MediaMatters4America | – [A study of the Sunday political television shows demonstrates that 87% of the single-person interviews are done with white males, and 66% […]

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Israel earmarks vast area of Palestinian Hebron/ al-Khalil land for annexation

Israel earmarks vast area of Palestinian Hebron/ al-Khalil land for annexation

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israel has earmarked around 2,000 dunams (500 acres) of private Palestinian land for annexation in the Hebron district, local activists say. Muhammad […]

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Putin on the Nile:  an Isolated Russia Seeks friends in Egypt w/ offer of Nuclear Plant

Putin on the Nile: an Isolated Russia Seeks friends in Egypt w/ offer of Nuclear Plant

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation paid a state visit to Cairo on Tuesday, consulting with […]

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Syria:  Dear Bashar al-Assad:  Barrel Bombs Are No Laughing Matter

Syria: Dear Bashar al-Assad: Barrel Bombs Are No Laughing Matter

By Philippe Bolopion | (Human Rights Watch) | — It speaks volumes when the leader of a country feels emboldened to respond with humor when […]

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Abandoning Diesel: Battery-powered train brings low-carbon commuting to UK

Abandoning Diesel: Battery-powered train brings low-carbon commuting to UK

Reuters | — “The first battery-powered passenger train to run on Britain’s tracks in over 50 years completes a five-week trial in a bid to […]

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