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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women
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Pope Leo XIV Demands Gaza Ceasefire, as Israeli Tank Crew Shells Church, Kills 3 Women

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that an Israeli tank crew fired on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, […]

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

Tunisia’s Slow Unraveling: From Arab Spring Beacon to Police State

07/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

Atomic Nightmare: Remember Los Alamos

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Climate Change
Climate Change in the U.S. in 8 Frightening Charts

Climate Change in the U.S. in 8 Frightening Charts

By Brian Kahn Follow @blkahn The newly released National Climate Assessment spans 30 chapters with thousands of references on how climate change is impacting the U.S. The report took more than 300 scientists and 4 years to prepare, including addressing…

Juan Cole

American Jews
Muslim-haters Pam Geller & J. Farah Attack Spielberg, Liberal Jews as Appeasers

Muslim-haters Pam Geller & J. Farah Attack Spielberg, Liberal Jews as Appeasers

This liberal Jew is disgusted by the constant comparisons of Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, of 2014 America to pre-Nazi Germany, and now, of liberal Jews to Nazi appeasers. Muslim-basher Pam Geller is outraged that Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation…

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Domestic Surveillance
Emails suggest Google and the NSA are closer than we knew

Emails suggest Google and the NSA are closer than we knew

reputation has been shaken by evidence to suggest its relationship with the US National Security Agency (NSA) is cosier than anyone thought. If emails obtained by Al Jazeera are to be believed, relations between Google chairman Eric Schmidt and NSA…

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Arab Spring
Is Fall of Homs a turning point in Regime's Quest to Retake Syria?

Is Fall of Homs a turning point in Regime’s Quest to Retake Syria?

(By Juan Cole) The Governor of Homs Province, Talal al-Barazi said Wednesday that 80 percent of the rebel fighters in that city have now been […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians

Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians

Israel’s Peres says Netanyahu blocked 2011 peace deal (via AFP) Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a 2011 peace […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Rep. Paul Ryan targets Poor as his “Signature Issue”, and I do Mean Targets (Cartoon)

Rep. Paul Ryan targets Poor as his “Signature Issue”, and I do Mean Targets (Cartoon)

By Paul Jamiol, from Jamiol’s World

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Bill of Rights
Rep. Louie Gohmert: Constitution only fit for Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert: Constitution only fit for Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) recently asserted that the U.S. Constitution only applied to people “who cling to their God and their guns.” Speaking at a rally in Iowa for Republican Senate candidate Sam Clovis on Friday, Gohmert recalled that he had…

Juan Cole

Egypt
In Egypt, Industrial Scale Death Decrees

In Egypt, Industrial Scale Death Decrees

(By Amy Austin Holmes) A single judge in a single court in Egypt has sentenced more people to death this year than the total number […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Boko Haram and the Lord's Resistance Army: Hunted Children & the Problem of Fundamentalism in Africa

Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army: Hunted Children & the Problem of Fundamentalism in Africa

(By Juan Cole) The horrific story of the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from their school in Borno Province, northeastern Nigeria, by the Boko Haram […]

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