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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

02/26/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Must Muslim Americans Condemn ISIL?  Must Turkish Jews Condemn Gaza War?

Must Muslim Americans Condemn ISIL? Must Turkish Jews Condemn Gaza War?

By Juan Cole During the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, a controversy broke out in Turkey about whether Turkish Jews were required to […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
15 Palestinians die in Mediterranean Capsizing, fleeing Israeli Siege of Gaza

15 Palestinians die in Mediterranean Capsizing, fleeing Israeli Siege of Gaza

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fifteen migrants from Gaza died on Saturday after a boat they were riding in capsized in the Mediterranean sea off the coast […]

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Climate Change
HIstoric Mass March against Global Warming:  Saving the Planet Next Sunday in NYC

HIstoric Mass March against Global Warming: Saving the Planet Next Sunday in NYC

By Eddie Bautista, La Tonya Crisp-Sauray, and Bill McKibben On Sunday, September 21st, a huge crowd will march through the middle of Manhattan. It will […]

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Iraq
As Sunni MPs Plea for Precision US Strikes, Iraqi Gov't Kills 31 in School Shelter

As Sunni MPs Plea for Precision US Strikes, Iraqi Gov’t Kills 31 in School Shelter

Human Rights Watch (Erbil) – The Iraqi government should promptly investigate an airstrike that hit a school housing displaced people near Tikrit on September 1, […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Remember Pres. Obama Saying ISIL Campaign like Yemen?  Here's Yemen

Remember Pres. Obama Saying ISIL Campaign like Yemen? Here’s Yemen

Middle East Eye: “Houthis take to the streets to mourn the protesters killed during a sit-in at a government ministry last week, as their pro-government […]

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Egypt
Top 5 Contradictions in Obama's Emerging ISIL Strategy

Top 5 Contradictions in Obama’s Emerging ISIL Strategy

By Juan Cole In the past week, Secretary of State John Kerry has marshaled support of some sort from both European nations and from countries […]

Juan Cole

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Climate Change:  Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)

Climate Change: Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)

The National: “Naomi Klein discusses her new book This Changes Everything, in which she says it’s time to stop counting on the politicians to save […]

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Egypt
Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?

Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?

By Charles Recknagel via RFE/RL As Washington vows to put together a broad coalition to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the outlines […]

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Domestic Terrorism
ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees

ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees

TheLipTV: “An ISIS group has threatened to assassinate Twitter employees who close down accounts linked to the extremist group. The group tweeted urging “lone wolves” […]

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