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Trump’s Last Stand: Demands for Hormuz Task Force fall on Deaf Ears
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Trump’s Last Stand: Demands for Hormuz Task Force fall on Deaf Ears

Neil Thompson

Nations outside the US signal their scepticism about White House plans for an international naval operation to re-open the Strait of Hormuz

“Was never deep in anything but Wine:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:41

“Was never deep in anything but Wine:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:41

03/19/2026 By Juan Cole

The Democratic Nat’l Committee’s Kneejerk Backing of Israel Is Political and Moral Failure

The Democratic Nat’l Committee’s Kneejerk Backing of Israel Is Political and Moral Failure

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Palestinian-Israelis Aspire to National Role after Elections

Palestinian-Israelis Aspire to National Role after Elections

France24 | – At 20% of the Israeli population, Israelis of Palestinian heritage have united to back a single party and for the first time […]

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Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran

Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran

By Sammy Smooha | (The Conversation) There are 5.3 million eligible voters living in Israel today (votes may be not cast abroad). Among these voters […]

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Top 5 ways Netanyahu sabotaged US and Israel Interests

Top 5 ways Netanyahu sabotaged US and Israel Interests

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Binyamin Netanyahu is fighting the most difficult political battle of his life. His party seems likely to come […]

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Shale Oil is no Savior- its rail cars keep exploding in our home towns

Shale Oil is no Savior- its rail cars keep exploding in our home towns

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) On July 6th, 2013, a train composed of tank cars filled with shale oil sat on the railroad tracks […]

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Gaza:  Child Survivors with PTSD - Aftermath of the Israeli offensive

Gaza: Child Survivors with PTSD – Aftermath of the Israeli offensive

RT | – “The UN is looking into possible war-crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. RT’s Bel Trew has the stories of those who survivor […]

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Barack Obama
Why is no one asking? Did GOP & Israel Lobbies write Iran Letter for the good of America?

Why is no one asking? Did GOP & Israel Lobbies write Iran Letter for the good of America?

By Hamid Zangeneh | (Informed Comment) People who worry about American national interests and security fall in one of the two categories: they either trust […]

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Egypt
Could Sunni-Shiite Rift make Tikrit a Pyrrhic Victory? Al-Azhar & Shiite Militias

Could Sunni-Shiite Rift make Tikrit a Pyrrhic Victory? Al-Azhar & Shiite Militias

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The foremost Sunni Muslim seat of learning, al-Azhar University in Cairo, has stirred controversy by issuing a considered legal […]

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European Leaders: GOP Letter Helped Iran in Nuclear Negotiations

European Leaders: GOP Letter Helped Iran in Nuclear Negotiations

By Sarah Lazare | (Commondreams.org) – An open letter to Iranian leaders from 47 Republican senators has provoked sharp rebuke from European countries that are […]

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Climate Change
Cyclone Pam & Vanuatu's Global Warming future: Fewer but Worse Storms

Cyclone Pam & Vanuatu’s Global Warming future: Fewer but Worse Storms

BBC News | – “A huge tropical cyclone with winds up to 270km/h (170mph) has devastated parts of the island nation of Vanuatu in the […]

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