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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the […]

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

08/10/2025 By ProPublica

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

08/10/2025 By The Conversation

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Displaced and Refugees
The New McCarthyism on Israel:  Naming and Shaming . . . Hillel

The New McCarthyism on Israel: Naming and Shaming . . . Hillel

By Alice Rothchild Jewish communal and religious organizations have become increasingly donor driven and sclerotic when it comes to discourse on Israel/Palestine. This is clearly […]

Juan Cole

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Turkey bargaining with base for US, wants no-fly zone in Syria

Turkey bargaining with base for US, wants no-fly zone in Syria

By Juan Cole Earlier this week Turkish officials met American ones on the issue of combating ISIL. The US wants to use Incirlik Air Force […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Real Estate Agents to the Terrorists:  ISIL Steals Mosul Refugee Property to Raise Money

Real Estate Agents to the Terrorists: ISIL Steals Mosul Refugee Property to Raise Money

By Nawzat Shamdeen via Niqash.org The Sunni Muslim extremist group that has taken over the northern city of Mosul has a new source of income: […]

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political Islam
Reza Aslan, religion Ph.D. vs. Sam Harris

Reza Aslan, religion Ph.D. vs. Sam Harris

The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks and Professor Reza Aslan discuss Sam Harris. Cenk asks Reza how he feels about Harris’ […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Is the Center for Jewish Life stifling free speech at Princeton University?

Is the Center for Jewish Life stifling free speech at Princeton University?

By Max Weiss via The Princetonian I have never met Slav Leibin. Nonetheless, it recently came to my attention that he vetoed, with the approval […]

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Colonialism
America's Colonial Armies: Absentee Soldiers, Corrupt Officers and Collapse

America’s Colonial Armies: Absentee Soldiers, Corrupt Officers and Collapse

By William J. Astore via Tomdispatch.com In June, tens of thousands of Iraqi Security Forces in Nineveh province north of Baghdad collapsed in the face […]

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Is Baghdad next?  ISIL takes Hit Base in Iraq, loots it for Weapons

Is Baghdad next? ISIL takes Hit Base in Iraq, loots it for Weapons

By Juan Cole According to Aljazeera sources, ISIL has completed the taking of Hit district in the al-Anbar Province of Iraq. At a time when, […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Iraqi Kurds to Turkey:  Let Volunteers Through To Defend Failing Kobani

Iraqi Kurds to Turkey: Let Volunteers Through To Defend Failing Kobani

By Charles Recknagel via RFE/RL A top official of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region is calling on Turkey to let volunteer fighters through to the besieged […]

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Colonialism
French Planes bomb Damascus to put Down Syrian Revolt, 1925 (Video: This Day in History)

French Planes bomb Damascus to put Down Syrian Revolt, 1925 (Video: This Day in History)

“Title reads: “Defence of Damascus. French troops – barricades – and armed posts – now circle the town of view of threatened attack by Rebels”. […]

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