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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

09/24/2025 By Juan Cole

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Dozens Killed by Regime Barrel Bombs in Aleppo, half of them Children

Dozens Killed by Regime Barrel Bombs in Aleppo, half of them Children

The Lebanese newspaper al-Nahar reports that the Syrian air force bombed Aleppo on Sunday with makeshift barrel bombs, killed at least 36 persons, including 15 […]

Juan Cole

Saudi activist sentenced to 300 lashes, 4 yrs in jail after calling for constitutional monarchy

Saudi activist sentenced to 300 lashes, 4 yrs in jail after calling for constitutional monarchy

A Saudi Arabian political activist was sentenced to four years in prison, 300 lashes, and a travel ban after calling for a constitutional monarchy. He […]

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Tunisia Holocaust Conference Honors 5,000 Forced Into Labor Camps, Deportees

Tunisia Holocaust Conference Honors 5,000 Forced Into Labor Camps, Deportees

A conference commemorating the effects of the Holocaust on Tunisian Jews is being held in Tunis. Click here for the rest of the article…

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Climate Change
Is our Media Screwing us on Climate the Way it Did on Iraq?

Is our Media Screwing us on Climate the Way it Did on Iraq?

Like The Iraq War, Media Fails To Report On Climate Change Accurately (via Clean Technica) Originally published on Skeptical Science. By Stephan Lewandowsky. “Iraq is […]

Juan Cole

science
The 1% is Hogging so much of our Income that it’s Holding the Economy Back

The 1% is Hogging so much of our Income that it’s Holding the Economy Back

(By Anthony W. Orlando) Over the past few years, I have encountered a lot of myths about the so-called “One Percent.” Now that my book […]

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Africa
Why are Christian Militias never "Christian Extremists"?

Why are Christian Militias never “Christian Extremists”?

(By Juan Cole) The dramatic events in the Central African Republic no doubt seem distant and complex for a North American audience. CAR is geographically […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza: 5000 Palestinians evacuated from Flooded Homes, Israeli Blockade Hampers Rescue

Gaza: 5000 Palestinians evacuated from Flooded Homes, Israeli Blockade Hampers Rescue

(By Juan Cole) Several days of unseasonably cold weather and torrential rains have increased the misery in the already miserable Gaza Strip, where 1.7 million […]

Juan Cole

Music
"Hallelujah" cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

“Hallelujah” cover by Tunisian Folk Singer Emel Mathlouthi

Emel Mathlouthi covers Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Mathlouthi has been an important voice of the ongoing Tunisian political upheavals provoked by leftist youth activism.

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

Is the Drought in the US Southwest becoming Permanent?

(By Bobby Magill) Is the West’s Dry Spell Really a Megadrought? (via Climate Central) By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill SAN FRANCISCO — The drought that has […]

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