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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

08/20/2025 By Rebecca Gordon

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Russia
Arguing with President Putin

Arguing with President Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin published an opinion piece in the New York Times on Wednesday. Here is my attempt at refutation of some of the […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian opposition may attack Israel with chemical weapons, Asad tells Russian TV

Syrian opposition may attack Israel with chemical weapons, Asad tells Russian TV

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from Russia’s Rossiya 24 TV containing quotes from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad alleging that Syrian rebels might […]

Juan Cole

Syria
If Obama goes Back to Congress on Syria, they must save America by voting No (van Buren)

If Obama goes Back to Congress on Syria, they must save America by voting No (van Buren)

Peter Van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com Once again, we find ourselves at the day after 9/11, and this time America stands alone. Alone not only […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Top Ten things Americans need to Know about Syria if they’re going to Threaten to Bomb It

Top Ten things Americans need to Know about Syria if they’re going to Threaten to Bomb It

Ambrose Bierce is said to be the author of the saying “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” Despite the vigorous national debate about […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
US NSA Gives Israel Raw Intelligence on US Citizens (Chamberlain)

US NSA Gives Israel Raw Intelligence on US Citizens (Chamberlain)

Jacob Chamberlain writes at Commondreams.org The National Security Agency openly shares unfiltered intelligence files with the Israeli government, according to a classified document leaked to […]

Juan Cole

Syria
President Obama’s Doubtful Grounds for Military Action against Syria

President Obama’s Doubtful Grounds for Military Action against Syria

In his speech to the nation on Tuesday evening, President Obama laid out his case for military action against Syria, even as he hit the […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda as Fringe Cult: 12 Years Later, Heretical Text of 9/11 Hijackers Still Withheld by FBI (Kurzman)

Charles Kurzman writes at IslamiCommentary click to enlarge What sort of Muslims carried out the largest mass murder in American history, 12 years today? The […]

Juan Cole

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How Putin Saved Obama, Congress and the European Union from Further Embarrassing themselves on Syria

How Putin Saved Obama, Congress and the European Union from Further Embarrassing themselves on Syria

Secretary of State John Kerry was asked at a press conference in London Monday morning if there was anything that could forestall a US missile […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Johns Hopkins University Orders Cryptography Professor’s Blog Posting Removed for Classified NSA Links (Larson & Elliott)

Johns Hopkins University Orders Cryptography Professor’s Blog Posting Removed for Classified NSA Links (Larson & Elliott)

Jeff Larson and Justin Elliott write at ProPublica Citing concerns about linking to classified material, Johns Hopkins University asked a professor this morning to remove […]

Juan Cole

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