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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza
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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli military has destroyed most of the cropland in Gaza and won’t let Palestinians fish. There isn’t enough food […]

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

07/21/2025 By The Conversation

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

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Tunisia
Tens of Thousands Rally to support Fundamentalist Government in Tunisia

Tens of Thousands Rally to support Fundamentalist Government in Tunisia

Since the assassination of leftist leader Mohamed Brahmi of the Popular Front on July 25, Tunisia has been thrown into a new round of political […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
"Capturing football fields" of power - Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

“Capturing football fields” of power – Offshore Wind-Wave Energy Farms in Japan and California

For the real-world project, look to Japan: “The world’s first hybrid power generation system is due to be installed off the coast of western Japan […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Oil Spills blacken Today's Environment from Alberta to Thailand:  Wind and Solar are Way Better!

Oil Spills blacken Today’s Environment from Alberta to Thailand: Wind and Solar are Way Better!

1. High pressure steam injection as a technique of getting oil out of the ground has gone very wrong in Canada: Canadian First Nations protest […]

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Islam
The Burka Avenger stands up to Male Chauvinist Taliban on Pakistani TV

The Burka Avenger stands up to Male Chauvinist Taliban on Pakistani TV

The Burka Avenger is a children’s cartoon about a mild-mannered female school teacher in Pakistan who has an alter ego. As the black-clad Burka Avenger, […]

Juan Cole

US politics
How a Bill Becomes Law (George Carlin)

How a Bill Becomes Law (George Carlin)

George Carlin explains how the United States really works. Warning: some profanity (as is appropriate to the subject). The Clip

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Domestic Surveillance
Putin as America's Frenemy:  The Snowden Paradox

Putin as America’s Frenemy: The Snowden Paradox

Russia’s decision on Thursday to grant NSA leaker Edward Snowden asylum for one year and allow him freely to live and work in the Russian […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Regime takes Key Homs Neighborhood in advance against Rebels

Syrian Regime takes Key Homs Neighborhood in advance against Rebels

The Syrian military has taken an important Homs neighborhood that had been in the hands of the rebels for over a year, as part of […]

Juan Cole

India
Red Baraat makes NYC Music with a Punjabi Beat (Video)

Red Baraat makes NYC Music with a Punjabi Beat (Video)

Blurb: “New York City’s multicultural population is fertile ground for fusions in art and music. VOA’s Carolyn Weaver reports on Red Baraat, an eight-member band […]

Juan Cole

Drones

BOIJ on Pakistan: First the CIA Droned them, Then it Droned the Rescuers (Woods and Yusufzai)

Chris Woods writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (Additional reporting by Mushtaq Yusufzai) A field investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in Pakistan’s […]

Juan Cole

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