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Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship
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Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship

H. Scott Prosterman

Pardoning Netanyahu for his high crimes and felonies would mean Israel acquiescing to a Bibi dictatorship

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“With them the seed of Wisdom:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28

“With them the seed of Wisdom:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:28

12/12/2025 By Juan Cole

Trump as Nero: The Bible Condemns Rich Predators, Not Poor Trans Lovers

Trump as Nero: The Bible Condemns Rich Predators, Not Poor Trans Lovers

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Iraq
Veils, Gloves and Violence: New Extremist Rules See Women Disappear From Mosul’s Streets

Veils, Gloves and Violence: New Extremist Rules See Women Disappear From Mosul’s Streets

By Nawzat Shamdeen | Mosul | via Niqash.org Extremists are forcing Mosul’s women to wear full facial veils. Mosul was always a conservative city when […]

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Africa
Reading Africa:  How exciting Literature takes us beyond the Dreary Headlines

Reading Africa: How exciting Literature takes us beyond the Dreary Headlines

By Shaun Randol There is not one positive news story on the front page. The two news organizations might as well tack up a single […]

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Egypt
5 Ironies of US Reaction to Egypt/UAE Bombing of Libya

5 Ironies of US Reaction to Egypt/UAE Bombing of Libya

The diplomatic angst issuing from Washington around the United Arab Emirates and Egypt bombing of weapons depots belonging to the Qatar-backed fundamentalist militia of Misrata […]

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Apartheid
Poll:  Palestinians of Gaza just like Americans:  Want Peace, hate "ISIS" and refuse to Give up their Guns

Poll: Palestinians of Gaza just like Americans: Want Peace, hate “ISIS” and refuse to Give up their Guns

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An overwhelming majority of Gaza residents support a long-term truce with Israel and oppose the disarmament of the Palestinian resistance, a poll […]

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Immigration
Border Police Militarization and the Immigrant Children

Border Police Militarization and the Immigrant Children

By Aviva Chomsky via Tomdispatch.com Call it irony or call it a nightmare, but the “crisis” of Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, which […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Victim of McCarthy-Era Witch Hunt calls on U-Illinois not to Fire Critic of Israeli Policies

Victim of McCarthy-Era Witch Hunt calls on U-Illinois not to Fire Critic of Israeli Policies

Note by Juan Cole: In the early 1950s, under the influence of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), a national witch hunt was conducted for leftists. McCarthy […]

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Climate Change
Can the Kabbalah teach us to Repair Climate Change?

Can the Kabbalah teach us to Repair Climate Change?

By Alexandra Piacenza How can Kabbalah, the system of mystical interpretation of Jewish scripture with roots in the 13th century, have a bearing on modern-day […]

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Iraq
Iraq:  Another Town besieged by IS:  Is Amerli the next Sinjar?

Iraq: Another Town besieged by IS: Is Amerli the next Sinjar?

By Ahmad Mohammed | Kirkuk | Niqash.org Demonstrators call on the government to help the besieged town of Amerli. In Salahaddin, a drama of historic […]

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Internet
 Kicked Off Twitter And Facebook, so-called "Islamic State" Terror Group Finds New Tools

Kicked Off Twitter And Facebook, so-called “Islamic State” Terror Group Finds New Tools

By Glenn Kates via RFE/RL The Islamic State has made good use of social networks in spreading its propaganda. Thousands of social-media users were unwittingly […]

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