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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

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The Real Scientists: CO2 higher than in past 800,000 Years & World is Getting Hot!

The Real Scientists: CO2 higher than in past 800,000 Years & World is Getting Hot!

(By Jacob Chamberlain) Climate change is accelerating full steam ahead and immediate action is neccessary, leading scientists from two countries clarified in an educational guide […]

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One Million Afro-Iraqis say "Yes We Can" in Next Election

One Million Afro-Iraqis say “Yes We Can” in Next Election

(By Mustafa Sadoun for Niqash, in Basra) There are an estimated 1.5 million African Iraqis in Iraq today and with these coming elections, the group […]

Juan Cole

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Peeping Toms of the Intel World: Recording Bulk Private Yahoo Webcam Chats

Peeping Toms of the Intel World: Recording Bulk Private Yahoo Webcam Chats

(By Juan Cole) In the same way that pedophiles are attracted to professions where they come into frequent contact with children, peeping Toms surely are […]

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This Apartheid Week, Read the Report Israel Doesn't Want you To See

This Apartheid Week, Read the Report Israel Doesn’t Want you To See

(By Ben White) This week has seen the promotion of yet more anti-democratic legislation in Israel. A new law that received final approval by the […]

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GOP v. Nature:  House Voted Against Environment 95 Percent Of The Time In 2013

GOP v. Nature: House Voted Against Environment 95 Percent Of The Time In 2013

House Republicans voted in line with environmental interests on key environmental legislation an average of just 5 percent of the time in 2013, according to a new scorecard. The scorecard, released each year from the League of Conservation Voters, tallied…

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Obama and the Golden Calf of National Security:  Broken Commandments

Obama and the Golden Calf of National Security: Broken Commandments

(Karen J. Greenberg) In January 2009, Barack Obama entered the Oval Office projecting idealism and proud to be the constitutional law professor devoted to turning […]

Juan Cole

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Who Favors Discrimination against Gay Newlyweds?  Most Republicans, old People, Southerners, Evangelicals

Who Favors Discrimination against Gay Newlyweds? Most Republicans, old People, Southerners, Evangelicals

A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute sheds light on the divisions in the US over gay marriage. Over all, acceptance of gay […]

Juan Cole

Turkey’s election board bans TV program for ‘one-sided’ opinions

Turkey’s election board bans TV program for ‘one-sided’ opinions

The High Elections Board (YSK) has banned a news program from broadcasting on the private Bugün TV news station for “including only one-sided opinions,” according […]

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Israel Parliament debates incursion into Holy Muslim site in Jerusalem

Israel Parliament debates incursion into Holy Muslim site in Jerusalem

(Via AFP) Israel police, protesters clash at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque (via AFP) Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians Tuesday in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound of […]

Juan Cole

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