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All the Ways US Support for Israeli Expansionism Freed Russia’s Hands
Donald Trump

All the Ways US Support for Israeli Expansionism Freed Russia’s Hands

Juan Cole

Russian leaders are clearly taking delight in the way in which Iran is turning into a quagmire for Washington, gleeful at their significant wins

The US-Israeli Strikes on Tehran Oil Depots unleash Invisible Health Threats

The US-Israeli Strikes on Tehran Oil Depots unleash Invisible Health Threats

03/17/2026 By The Conversation

Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

03/17/2026 By Alfred W. McCoy

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The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap:  Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap: Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

By Matthew Harwood | (Tomdispatch.com) The shadow of a new threat seems to be darkening the national security landscape: the lone-wolf terrorist. “The lone wolf […]

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Western Jews
'Muslims are Jews’ natural allies in Europe': Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

‘Muslims are Jews’ natural allies in Europe’: Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

RT | – “Europe’s economic difficulties in recent years have led to a rise in radicalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks […]

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Bush
Is ISIL's 'Shock and Awe' more Awe-ful because One Victim?

Is ISIL’s ‘Shock and Awe’ more Awe-ful because One Victim?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) burning of a captured Jordanian pilot alive produced justified revulsion globally, resulting in […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Paying the Piper: How America’s Iraq War haunts its Failed Syria Policy

Paying the Piper: How America’s Iraq War haunts its Failed Syria Policy

By Michael MacDonald, author of Overreach: Delusions of Regime Change in Iraq | (Special to Informed Comment | – If recent reports in the New […]

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Culture
Huge Win for the Open Internet! FCC Officially Embraces Title II

Huge Win for the Open Internet! FCC Officially Embraces Title II

By Corynne McSherry | Electronic Frontier Foundation | — Well done, Team Internet. After a year of intense activism, we may have finally convinced the […]

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Palestinian Family must visit graves via tunnel under Apartheid Wall near Bethlehem

Palestinian Family must visit graves via tunnel under Apartheid Wall near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinians have suffered in many ways as a result of the Israeli separation wall, and in the case of one family in […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Why is Fox News Propagandist-in-Chief for ISIL/Daesh Atrocities?

Why is Fox News Propagandist-in-Chief for ISIL/Daesh Atrocities?

John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, and Desi Doyen | The Young Turks | – “Fox News has chosen to embed on its website the video of […]

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Angry Jordanian Crowds Rally over ISIL Murder of Pilot, but some blame US, King

Angry Jordanian Crowds Rally over ISIL Murder of Pilot, but some blame US, King

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Jordanian protesters came out in the thousands on Tuesday to protest the gruesome murder by Daesh (ISIL, ISIL) […]

Juan Cole

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New Greek PM Tsipras: Israeli Brutality Against Palestinians Must End

New Greek PM Tsipras: Israeli Brutality Against Palestinians Must End

By IMEMC News & Agencies | – “The brutality Palestine is experiencing must end”, main opposition SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, during […]

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