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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

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Human Rights
Israel's KKK:  Violent Squatters increasingly Attacking Palestinians

Israel’s KKK: Violent Squatters increasingly Attacking Palestinians

(By César Chelala) Increasing acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories have been repeatedly denounced. Together with the increasing number […]

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Who’s most innovative of all? Not Israel, says Bloomberg

Who’s most innovative of all? Not Israel, says Bloomberg

This year’s Global Innovation Quotient furnishes a reality check for the Start-Up Nation

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AKP winning perception war

AKP winning perception war

Erdogan has been surprisingly successful in framing the graft probe in his favor, while purging the bureaucracy on an unprecedented scale.

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Arab Spring
3 Years Later,  Young Bloggers who made the Tahrir Revolution are in Jail

3 Years Later, Young Bloggers who made the Tahrir Revolution are in Jail

The military “interim government” in Egypt is cracking down on virtually all meaningful form of assembly, association, or opposition. Following the passage of a November 2013 law banning peaceful protest, dozens of activists and organizers have…

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Iraq
CSI Baghdad:  Why don't Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?

CSI Baghdad: Why don’t Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?

(By Mustafa Habib, Baghdad) It is estimated that around 250 car bombs exploded in Baghdad last year. This year the numbers are climbing and bombers’ […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Death toll of Obama's Drone Campaign 5 Years Later:  2,400

Death toll of Obama’s Drone Campaign 5 Years Later: 2,400

(By Jack Serle) Obama has launched over 390 covert drone strikes in his first five years in office Five years ago, on January 23 2009, […]

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Arab Spring
On eve of Revolution Anniversary, Cairo Shaken by deadly Bombings

On eve of Revolution Anniversary, Cairo Shaken by deadly Bombings

(By Juan Cole) Two bombings shook the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Friday morning. The first was apparently a car bomb detonated at 5:30 am that […]

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Climate Change
Top Ten Ways GOP could avoid "War on Women" Label

Top Ten Ways GOP could avoid “War on Women” Label

(By Juan Cole) Mike Huckabee objects to the charge that the Republican Party is waging a war on women. The GOP obviously is increasingly a […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel and Saudi Arabia on Same page re: Keeping Iran a Pariah

Israel and Saudi Arabia on Same page re: Keeping Iran a Pariah

(Via Globalpost) Iran: The one issue Israel and Saudi Arabia can openly agree on (via GlobalPost) Enlarge An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector […]

Juan Cole

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