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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

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SNL: Anti-Depressant for Obama (Video of the Day)

SNL: Anti-Depressant for Obama (Video of the Day)

Saturday Night Live commercial parody with Jay Pharoah on the anti-depressant Obama needs after the year he had in 2013.

Juan Cole

Environment
EPA finally catches a Fracking polluter in the Act, levies Largest ever Civil Penalties

EPA finally catches a Fracking polluter in the Act, levies Largest ever Civil Penalties

(By Tina Casey) US EPA Nails Fracker With Record Fine (via Clean Technica) The woes just keep piling up for Chesapeake Energy. The company is […]

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Africa
Ethiopia aims to become Africa's Green Energy Giant

Ethiopia aims to become Africa’s Green Energy Giant

Ethiopia intends to increase its power generation from 2000 megawatts to 10,000 MW. That goal is not unusual for a developing country. What is distinctive […]

Juan Cole

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Syria spills over on Lebanon: Beirut Bombing Kills Sunni Critic of Syria's al-Assad

Syria spills over on Lebanon: Beirut Bombing Kills Sunni Critic of Syria’s al-Assad

(By Juan Cole) Respected Lebanese politician and former ambassador to the United States, Muhammad Shatah, was assassinated by a massive car bomb near the parliament […]

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The mother of all wars

The mother of all wars

What has happened in Turkey in the past 10 days is just mind-boggling.

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EU welcomes annulation of controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

EU welcomes annulation of controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle welcomed the annulation of the bill obliging those carrying out investigations to inform superiors

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EU warns Israel of backlash for settlement building

EU warns Israel of backlash for settlement building

Unnamed diplomat tells Israeli TV that European governments would have little sympathy for construction announcements during talks

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Human Rights
The other Victim of Israeli settler vigilantism is Israeli Society Itself

The other Victim of Israeli settler vigilantism is Israeli Society Itself

(By Shirin Rubin) Israeli society will pay the ‘price’ for settler vigilantism, rights group warns (via The Christian Science Monitor) When Ahmad Milhem heard earlier […]

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Iran
Increasingly, all Roads run through Iran (Damascus, Baghdad, Asia)

Increasingly, all Roads run through Iran (Damascus, Baghdad, Asia)

(By Marianna Charountaki) “While Iran’s importance for regional politics was always there, it has only now become apparent, especially for the foreign policies of international […]

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