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Israel’s Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout
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Israel’s Netanyahu addresses Empty UN Chamber with Genocidal Claims after Mass Walkout

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even the tiniest detail is litigated in newspaper headlines when it comes to the Israeli government. Many news outlets reported […]

Microsoft cuts Israeli Military off from its Azure Cloud over Mass Surveillance of Civilians

Microsoft cuts Israeli Military off from its Azure Cloud over Mass Surveillance of Civilians

09/27/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People

Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People

09/27/2025 By The Conversation

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False Dawn:  The 35th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution

False Dawn: The 35th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution

(By Farhang Jahanpour) The Iranian revolution succeeded exactly 35 years ago this week. After 37 years of rule, Mohammad Reza Shah left Iran on 16 […]

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Barack Obama
Obama & Hollande stress Hope for Iran Breakthrough

Obama & Hollande stress Hope for Iran Breakthrough

(By Juan Cole) In his news conference with French President Francois Hollande, President Obama outlined four areas of diplomatic progress. The first is foreign policy, […]

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Arab Spring
The Arts of the Arab Uprisings at the Arab-American Museum

The Arts of the Arab Uprisings at the Arab-American Museum

VOA interviews my colleague Christiane Gruber of the Art History Department at the University of Michigan on the exhibit she helped curate at the Arab-American […]

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Assassination by Leak:  US floats Trial Balloon of Droning an American to Death

Assassination by Leak: US floats Trial Balloon of Droning an American to Death

(By Tim Cushing) Administration Officials Perform Some Very Public Handwringing Over Extrajudicial Drone Killing (via Techdirt) The administration has sort of painted itself into a […]

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Human Rights
Iraq illegally Jailed thousands of Women, Torture & Abuse Alleged

Iraq illegally Jailed thousands of Women, Torture & Abuse Alleged

(Human Rights Watch) (Baghdad) – Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of Iraqi women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Big Green Energy is Remaking Africa and Asia

Big Green Energy is Remaking Africa and Asia

(By Juan Cole) A significant part of the population of Africa and Asia at present has no access to electricity, and in some countries those […]

Juan Cole

Abraham Foxman To Step Down as Anti-Defamation League Chief

Abraham Foxman To Step Down as Anti-Defamation League Chief

Abraham H. Foxman announced he will step down from his position as National Director of the Anti-Defamation League on July 20, 2015, bringing to a […]

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8 Unsustainable Delusions of the American Way of Life

8 Unsustainable Delusions of the American Way of Life

(By Tom Giesen) The ideal of the American way of life as formulated in the twentieth century has collapsed early in the new Millennium without […]

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Brokers of Deceit: Massive US Aid to Israel has Enabled a Colonial Project

Brokers of Deceit: Massive US Aid to Israel has Enabled a Colonial Project

(By Chase Madar via Tomdispatch) We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid. Recent polls show that, on average, we believe 28% of the federal […]

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