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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide
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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas: PA Ready to Govern Gaza, Demands End to Starvation and Genocide

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas spoke remotely to the UN General Assembly on Thursday because the Trump administration denied him a […]

The Point of no Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a global Imperative

The Point of no Return: Why Accountability in Gaza is a global Imperative

09/26/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump

The Death of Civil Rights in the Age of Trump

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CIA drone strikes Militant Seminary in Pakistan Proper, Killing 6 (Ross)

CIA drone strikes Militant Seminary in Pakistan Proper, Killing 6 (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism A CIA drone strike hit a religious school in Hangu, Pakistan [on Thursday], killing at […]

Juan Cole

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How We the People can Stop Climate Change through Disinvestment (Gitlin)

How We the People can Stop Climate Change through Disinvestment (Gitlin)

Todd Gitlin writes at Tomdispatch.com: Apocalyptic climate change is upon us.  For shorthand, let’s call it a slow-motion apocalypse to distinguish it from an intergalactic […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Tony Blair let the American NSA Spy on Millions of Britons and Store their Private Data

Tony Blair let the American NSA Spy on Millions of Britons and Store their Private Data

The Guardian and Channel 4 News report that Tony Blair allowed the US National Security Agency to spy on millions of Britons, and to record […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
US seeks Broad Powers, Immunity for post-2014 Troops in Afghanistan (Lazare)

US seeks Broad Powers, Immunity for post-2014 Troops in Afghanistan (Lazare)

Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Wednesday that a text had been agreed on between the US and the government of President Hamid Karzai […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Syrian Civil War Spreads to Lebanon: Beirut Shaken by Iran Embassy Blast, kills 23, wounds 150

Syrian Civil War Spreads to Lebanon: Beirut Shaken by Iran Embassy Blast, kills 23, wounds 150

Al-Hayat [Life] reports on the targeting by two suicide bombers of the Iranian embassy in south Beirut on Tuesday, which killed 23, including the Iranian […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Youth Remember Martyrs, Reject both Army and Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt: Youth Remember Martyrs, Reject both Army and Muslim Brotherhood

A couple of thousand demonstrators came into Tahrir Square on Monday evening to commemorate the massacre of protestors at Muhammad Mahmoud St. off Tahrir Square […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Kenya's KTN outshines American Media in Climate Change Coverage: 2013 among 10 Hottest Years since 1850

Kenya’s KTN outshines American Media in Climate Change Coverage: 2013 among 10 Hottest Years since 1850

Kenya’s KTN television news reports on the Warsaw Climate Conference and on a new report by the World Meteorological Organization showing that 2013 is one […]

Juan Cole

Drones
The Coming Drone Wars:  Iran Unveils its own Drone, with a 1200-mile Range

The Coming Drone Wars: Iran Unveils its own Drone, with a 1200-mile Range

It was foreseeable that when the United States began deploying drones wherever it likes, its rivals would also develop that capability. In fact, you wonder […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel forces Gaza Children to Wade through Sewage as Creepy, Evil Blockade Continues

Israel forces Gaza Children to Wade through Sewage as Creepy, Evil Blockade Continues

The health minister in the Gaza Strip has warned that the territory is on the verge of a major health catastrophe. Children are risking cholera […]

Juan Cole

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