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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Jewish' Christmas Message Gaffe

Benjamin Netanyahu's 'Jewish' Christmas Message Gaffe

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his holiday blessings to the Christian citizens of Israel on Tuesday, in which he stressed the importance of the community’s […]

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Christianity
Wounded by Apartheid Wall, Occupied Bethlehem Hopes for Pilgrimage Revival

Wounded by Apartheid Wall, Occupied Bethlehem Hopes for Pilgrimage Revival

(Agence France Presse) Bethlehem eyes tourist boom after dark decade (via AFP) After a decade of unrest, Bethlehem has seen a surge in visits to […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Assyrian Christian Revival in Turkey

Assyrian Christian Revival in Turkey

(By Alexander Christie-Miller) The Christian Science Monitor recently reported on an Assyrian Christian revival in southeastern Turkey, fueled by a burgeoning Turkish economy and more […]

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Christianity
The Flight to Egypt – Coptic Artwork (Picture of the Day)

The Flight to Egypt – Coptic Artwork (Picture of the Day)

h/t osjusa.org Attributed to the Coptic Museum, Cairo, Egypt Coptic Christians probably came to predominate in Egypt by the 600s when Muslim Arabs conquered it. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Birth of Hope: Top Ten Solar Energy Stories 2013

Birth of Hope: Top Ten Solar Energy Stories 2013

(By Juan Cole) The story of a doomed race who need to be saved by a messiah is on people’s minds today. It functions at […]

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Dissent
Damascus’s Other Battle:  Regime Cyberwar on the Opposition

Damascus’s Other Battle: Regime Cyberwar on the Opposition

(By Dave Maass) Social Engineering and Malware in Syria: EFF and Citizen Lab’s Latest Report on the Digital Battlefield (via EFF) More than two years […]

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Climate Change
Climate Denialists Spending Billions in untraceable Dark Money to fool the Public

Climate Denialists Spending Billions in untraceable Dark Money to fool the Public

(By Lauren McCauley) The expansive misinformation campaign behind climate change denial is increasingly being funded in the dark, reveals a new report published Friday in […]

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History
Chief Rabbi of Yazd, Iran, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

Chief Rabbi of Yazd, Iran, 1903 (Photo of the Day)

The Chief Rabbi of Yazd, Iran, in the center Iran’s population in 1900 was around 10 million. There were roughly 100,000 Jews in Iran at […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
The Iraqization of Egypt: Two Large Bombs Rock Security Bldg in Mansoura, kill 14, wound 130

The Iraqization of Egypt: Two Large Bombs Rock Security Bldg in Mansoura, kill 14, wound 130

(By Juan Cole) Two large explosions at the state security building in downtown Mansoura, Dahqaliya Province, killed at least 14 persons and wounded 130 on […]

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