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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Juan Cole

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

02/26/2026 By The Conversation

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

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The Next Conflict in Iraq?  Will the Kurds try to Annex Kirkuk Permanently?

The Next Conflict in Iraq? Will the Kurds try to Annex Kirkuk Permanently?

By Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | via Niqash.org What will happen to Iraq’s “disputed territories” once Sunni Muslim extremists have been driven out? Will the […]

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CBS Unjustly Punishes Rihanna For Ray Rice Controversy

CBS Unjustly Punishes Rihanna For Ray Rice Controversy

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks “CBS Sports pulled Rihanna’s intro to Thursday night’s NFL game between the Ravens and the Steelers following the release […]

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Gulliver and the Lilliputians:  It's America's Small Wars that are Unwinnable

Gulliver and the Lilliputians: It’s America’s Small Wars that are Unwinnable

By Tom Engelhardt It’s possible I’ve lived most of my life on the wrong planet — and if that sounds like the first sentence of […]

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Congressman Lloyd Doggett: Don't be Stampeded into War

Congressman Lloyd Doggett: Don’t be Stampeded into War

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) House Floor Speech September 16, 2014 The Middle Eastern tragedy, in which this resolution will further entangle America, is directly […]

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Should US policy toward ISIL be Containment?

Should US policy toward ISIL be Containment?

By Juan Cole The US launched air strikes on Tuesday on ISIL targets, south of Baghdad and also in the north. The ones south of […]

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Hurricane cuts off communication with Chabad in Baja California

Hurricane cuts off communication with Chabad in Baja California

Rabbi and 9-month-pregnant wife in early labor have not been heard from since Monday evening

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I refuse to serve – the lonely conscience of Israel’s refuseniks

I refuse to serve – the lonely conscience of Israel’s refuseniks

By Ahron Bregman, King’s College London via The Conversation In 1988, I was in Kathmandu in Nepal when I found out that war was raging […]

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Employers' theft from Worker Wages 3 times more than all other Theft in US

Employers’ theft from Worker Wages 3 times more than all other Theft in US

The Young Turks “As the economy slowly recovers, it’s become increasingly clear that it’s not just unemployed Americans who need help from the government. It’s […]

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Iraq
Turkey's Caution on ISIL War: "It's far away for them but very close to us"

Turkey’s Caution on ISIL War: “It’s far away for them but very close to us”

By Ali Murat Yel, Editor-in-Chief TurkeyAgenda In the United States the public has difficulty in understanding the reluctance of Turkey to join the international coalition […]

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