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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza
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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli military has destroyed most of the cropland in Gaza and won’t let Palestinians fish. There isn’t enough food […]

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

07/21/2025 By The Conversation

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

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If Orwell had had a "Ministry of Science" it would look Like GOP Science Committees

If Orwell had had a “Ministry of Science” it would look Like GOP Science Committees

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks: “”The Republican Party is widely predicted to win control of the Senate as a result of today’s midterm elections. In […]

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Islam
Amid Jerusalem Clashes, Israeli Housing Minister Claims al-Aqsa Site,  Declaring War on 1.5 bn Muslims

Amid Jerusalem Clashes, Israeli Housing Minister Claims al-Aqsa Site, Declaring War on 1.5 bn Muslims

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation and several others were injured by stun grenades, shrapnel and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in […]

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Barack Obama
Top 5 Reasons Obama is Seeking Congressional Approval for War on ISIL

Top 5 Reasons Obama is Seeking Congressional Approval for War on ISIL

By Juan Cole President Obama said Wednesday that he would seek Congressional authorization for his war on ISIL or the “Islamic State” Group in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
How Secret Millionaire Donors Bought the Midterms with Dark Money Superpacs

How Secret Millionaire Donors Bought the Midterms with Dark Money Superpacs

by Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica In the final weeks before this year’s elections, a super PAC called Key Questions, Key Answers started buying TV ads across […]

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Militarization
The Pressure to Escalate:  How Washington governs by Whipping up Paranoia

The Pressure to Escalate: How Washington governs by Whipping up Paranoia

By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch.com Sometimes it seemed that only two issues mattered in the midterm election campaigns just ended.  No, I’m not talking about […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Is a Showdown between Radical Shiites and al-Qaeda Brewing in Yemen?

Is a Showdown between Radical Shiites and al-Qaeda Brewing in Yemen?

SANAA (IRIN) – Yahia Abu Talib, serious and stoic, is in no doubt about the importance of his role. “We protect homes and mosques,” he […]

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Human Rights
Iran Jails Woman for trying to Watch Men's Volleyball Match

Iran Jails Woman for trying to Watch Men’s Volleyball Match

Channel 4 News “A court in Iran has sentenced a British-Iranian woman to a year in prison because she tried to go to a men’s […]

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Barack Obama
How a Republican Congress could Entangle the US further in the Middle East

How a Republican Congress could Entangle the US further in the Middle East

By Juan Cole The midterm elections in a president’s second term have historically been a time when the president’s party lost seats in both houses […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Video: ISIL Pedophiles discuss Buying Minor Sex Slaves

Video: ISIL Pedophiles discuss Buying Minor Sex Slaves

via BReaking News “IS fighters talk about which female slaves to buy and sell ‘A new video has emerged showing IS fighters negotiating prices for […]

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