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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”
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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

Juan Cole

What I like about Pope Leo’s remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

12/01/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Putinization of America

The Putinization of America

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Why Oklahoma's Botched Execution is an Argument for ending Death Penalty

Why Oklahoma’s Botched Execution is an Argument for ending Death Penalty

Yet more evidence that the death penalty is cruel and inhumane arrived today at 8:00PM from the state of Oklahoma. Charles Warner, convicted of raping and murdering an 11-month-old girl, found his execution stayed today after the attempted execution…

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Israel/ Palestine
The PLO-Hamas Unity Agreement: an Opportunity for the United States and Israel

The PLO-Hamas Unity Agreement: an Opportunity for the United States and Israel

(By Joel Migdal) The unity agreement announced last week between Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization drew swift, negative reactions from Israel, including suspending its […]

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media
On how the Death of Turkish Democracy this Year wasn't exactly Clickbait

On how the Death of Turkish Democracy this Year wasn’t exactly Clickbait

(By Ola Claësson) I can’t help being surprised of how little that has been reported in the foreign media about the development in Turkey after […]

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Climate Change
Fox censors ‘Scientific American’ editor on Climate Change because, Future

Fox censors ‘Scientific American’ editor on Climate Change because, Future

(By Scott Kaufman) ‘Scientific American’ editor: Fox censored my discussion of climate change as ‘future trend’ (via Raw Story ) Scientific American editor Michael Moyer […]

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Iraq's first Post-American Elections by the Numbers

Iraq’s first Post-American Elections by the Numbers

(By Juan Cole) Iraqis went to the polls on Wednesday in the first national parliamentary elections since US troops pulled out of the country completely […]

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Dissent
Egyptian Judges shock world again, condemning 683 Muslim Brothers to Death

Egyptian Judges shock world again, condemning 683 Muslim Brothers to Death

Egypt’s judiciary accused of being arm of repression (via AFP) A wave of mass sentences in Egypt, including hundreds sentenced to death this week after […]

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Climate Change
Did the Supreme Court just Kill Dirty Coal Plants & Save the World?

Did the Supreme Court just Kill Dirty Coal Plants & Save the World?

(By Juan Cole) The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed that the Environmental Protection Agency has the prerogative to regulate air pollution that spills across state […]

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Afghanistan
The Longest War: How the US drove potential Afghanistan Allies into the Arms of the Taliban

The Longest War: How the US drove potential Afghanistan Allies into the Arms of the Taliban

(By Anand Gopal via Tomdispatch.com) It was a typical Kabul morning. Malik Ashgar Square was already bumper-to-bumper with Corolla taxis, green police jeeps, honking minivans, […]

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Islam
Saudi Fatwa against "THE 99" Tolerant Muslim Superhero Comics as "Evil"

Saudi Fatwa against “THE 99” Tolerant Muslim Superhero Comics as “Evil”

(By Naif Al-Mutawa) Seven years ago, THE 99 [super-hero comics] were granted approvals to Saudi Arabia. What began as a suspicious relationship, my not expecting […]

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