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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

07/01/2025 By The Conversation

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

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Climate-Changing US Methane Emissions 2.7 Times Higher than Estimates (Chamberlain)

Climate-Changing US Methane Emissions 2.7 Times Higher than Estimates (Chamberlain)

For some oil and gas producing regions, the study found the methane levels not 1.7 times higher but 2.7 times higher. I think in my […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Refugee Children by the Tragic Numbers

Syrian Refugee Children by the Tragic Numbers

The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has issued a new report on the plight of Syrian refugee children. The numbers are horrifying: Population of […]

Juan Cole

French Court Fines Members of BDS Group Calling for Supermarket Boycott

French Court Fines Members of BDS Group Calling for Supermarket Boycott

A French court imposed a $1,300 fine on members of an anti-Israel group who called on supermarket shoppers to boycott Israeli products. Click here for […]

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Karzai, Pakistan Protests against US Drone Strikes may force US out

Karzai, Pakistan Protests against US Drone Strikes may force US out

Afghan President Hamid Karzai complained Friday that a US drone strike in Helmand Province targeting a Taliban commander on a motorcycle appears to have gone […]

Juan Cole

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Greenwald to BBC:  Journalists must investigate the Powerful in Gov't since they Lie to the People (BBC Surprised)

Greenwald to BBC: Journalists must investigate the Powerful in Gov’t since they Lie to the People (BBC Surprised)

Glenn Greenwald on the BBC’s Hardtalk seems to surprise the anchor by asserting that journalists need to investigate the powerful since the latter tend to […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Heavy Metal Band Massive Scar Era - "Between The Waves "

Egyptian Heavy Metal Band Massive Scar Era – “Between The Waves “

Egypt’s Heavy Metal band, Massive Scar Era, which is predominantly made up of women and led by Sherine Amr, performs their “Between the Waves.” Live […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt's Counter-Revolution:  21 Women and Girls Harshly Sentenced, Liberal Bloggers to be Arrested

Egypt’s Counter-Revolution: 21 Women and Girls Harshly Sentenced, Liberal Bloggers to be Arrested

The new anti-protest law in Egypt is roiling the country. On Thursday, a student at Cairo University was killed by police using live ammunition against […]

Juan Cole

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John F. Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Ideals, 1962– How different they are from Ours

John F. Kennedy’s Thanksgiving Ideals, 1962– How different they are from Ours

The fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has brought forth a flood of books and documentaries. On this Thanksgiving, what strikes […]

Juan Cole

Breaking “America’s Last Taboo”

Breaking “America’s Last Taboo”

Author(s):  Alex Lubin American Zionism has made any serious public discussion of the past or future of Israel — by far the largest recipient ever […]

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