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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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Child Labor On Israeli Farms Exposed

Child Labor On Israeli Farms Exposed

AJ+ | – Human Rights Watch has exposed Palestinian child labor on farms in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Children – many […]

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President Hillary Clinton's Middle East Policy: Interventions, Wars, More of Same

President Hillary Clinton’s Middle East Policy: Interventions, Wars, More of Same

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Hillary Clinton announced her bid for the presidency Sunday, prompting another of these attempts at IC to do […]

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What the Tsarnaevs didn't Know:  The Untold Story of Chechen Non-Violence

What the Tsarnaevs didn’t Know: The Untold Story of Chechen Non-Violence

By Rebecca Gould | (Informed Comment) While the Boston bombing trial continues to dominate the media, its perpetrators, the Tsarnaev brothers, are associated with a […]

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Climate Change
Oil Train Derailments, Exploding Towns & the Hidden Cost of Fracked Oil

Oil Train Derailments, Exploding Towns & the Hidden Cost of Fracked Oil

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) On July 6th, 2013, at about one AM, an unattended 74-car oil train loaded with fracking-derived Bakken crude oil […]

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Iran
How Iran won Bush's Iraq War

How Iran won Bush’s Iraq War

By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) The U.S. is running around in circles in the Middle East, patching together coalitions here, acquiring strange bedfellows […]

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Barack Obama
US history of coup-making Overshadows Obama's outreach to Iran, Latin American Left

US history of coup-making Overshadows Obama’s outreach to Iran, Latin American Left

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Obama met with Cuban President Raoul Castro for an hour on Saturday, and the two made progress […]

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Iran
Americans don’t want Congress to sabotage Iran deal – new poll

Americans don’t want Congress to sabotage Iran deal – new poll

RT | – Although some lawmakers, including Democrats, believe Congress should have a say in any potential removal of Iranian sanctions, most Americans say Congress […]

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Democratic Party
Elizabeth Warren wants to see Hillary Clinton's positions on Student Loans, Middle Class

Elizabeth Warren wants to see Hillary Clinton’s positions on Student Loans, Middle Class

CBSN | – “Sen. Elizabeth Warren continued to shift gears when answering questions about Hillary Clinton and the 2016 election on “CBS This Morning.” CBSN: […]

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Apartheid
Israelis Illegally Remove Solar Panels from Palestinian Bedouin Village

Israelis Illegally Remove Solar Panels from Palestinian Bedouin Village

By IMEMC | – Solar panels finally brought electricity to the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, but the residents’ joy was […]

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