Informed Comment - Part 1715

5 Surprising Ways Iran is better than Israel

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) I think I’m one of the few Americans who has been to both Iran and Israel. I like both […]

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Energy

Gaza: How the Struggle for Natural Gas drives the Wars

By Michael Schwartz | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Guess what? Almost all the current wars, uprisings, and other conflicts in the Middle East are connected by […]

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Civil Rights

Scott Walker compares unions to ISIS

Think Progress | – “Scott Walker speaks at CPAC 2015” Think Progress Video: “Scott Walker compares unions to ISIS”

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History

ISIL militants destroy Humankind’s heritage of Civilization from Ancient Iraq

RT | – The Islamic State has posted a video online showing a group of militants destroying ancient statues and other artifacts, saying they are […]

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Featured

Why Netanyahu’s Congress Speech will Fail: Iran Can’t be Stopped, only Monitored

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The conspiracy hatched by Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to undermine […]

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Islam

Jewish Jihad on Palestinians: Israeli Squatters burn mosque near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Extremist Jewish settlers set fire overnight Tuesday to a mosque in the southern West Bank town of al-Jaba west of Bethlehem, locals […]

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Climate Change