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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace
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The Sumud Aid Flotilla did more than Trump to Achieve Gaza’s Fragile Peace

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – US President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday as the first hostages were […]

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“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

“Ah, my Belovéd, fill the Cup that clears:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:20

10/14/2025 By Juan Cole

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

Lebanon: Seek Justice for Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces

10/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court

Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court

DeutscheWelle English | — “Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Two women who did just that have […]

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Apartheid
Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine

Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine

By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) — In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the […]

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African-Americans
GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)– North Korea lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, blaming him for the Sony film, “The Interview,” and […]

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Iraq
Senior Kurdish Politician:  Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do

Senior Kurdish Politician: Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do

Shalaw Mohammed | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician Mullah Bakhtiar discusses his party’s relationship with Iran and with Kurdish parties in Syria – […]

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Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School

Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School

Reuters | — “A judge orders the arrest of a senior Pakistan cleric accused of refusing to condemn the school massacre in Peshawar. Paul Chapman […]

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Dissent
Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released

Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released

Euronews | — “A Turkish teenager who was arrested at his school on Wednesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been released from […]

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Israel
Haniyeh: Hamas committed to ceasefire as long as Israel observes It Too

Haniyeh: Hamas committed to ceasefire as long as Israel observes It Too

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Deputy head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that the group is committed to the ceasefire with […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Baathist Riposte:  How the Regime Came back in the Syrian Civil War in 2014

Baathist Riposte: How the Regime Came back in the Syrian Civil War in 2014

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In the course of 2014, two major trends, long since visible in the Syrian civil war, were strengthened. […]

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You'll Never Guess where Santa Claus was really from

You’ll Never Guess where Santa Claus was really from

BBC News | — “Although widely thought to hail from the North Pole, Santa Claus is in fact originally from Turkey. The BBC’s Mark Lowen […]

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