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In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla
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In move that could Bring in NATO, Spain joins Italy in Sending Rescue Ship for Sumud Gaza Aid Flotilla

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, the socialist government of Pedro Sánchez in Spain announced that it would dispatch a rescue ship to be […]

Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a Mission to Realize a Greater Israel?

Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a Mission to Realize a Greater Israel?

09/25/2025 By The Conversation

Kimmel Saga no Laughing Matter: Trump and the North Koreanization of America

Kimmel Saga no Laughing Matter: Trump and the North Koreanization of America

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Domestic Surveillance
What Congress Could do about NSA Spying if It were Serving the People (Brandeisky)

What Congress Could do about NSA Spying if It were Serving the People (Brandeisky)

Kara Brandeisky writes at ProPublica: Although the House defeated a measure that would have defunded the bulk phone metadata collection program, the narrow 205-217 vote […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Congress betrays vow to Uphold Constitution, abrogates 4th Amendment; Snowden is Better

Congress betrays vow to Uphold Constitution, abrogates 4th Amendment; Snowden is Better

The US House of Representatives narrowly declined on Wednesday to deny funding for National Security Agency collection and storage of millions of Americans’ phone records. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Top Ten Things Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner has said that are worse than Sexting

Top Ten Things Anthony “Carlos Danger” Weiner has said that are worse than Sexting

Reprint Edition: The real scandal surrounding Anthony Weiner is that he is bigoted against Palestinians and used to misuse his position in Congress to support […]

Juan Cole

Israel

Israel’s Newly Multi-Cultural Army Stirs Controversy: Ultra-Orthodox Jews & Palestinian-Israeli Christians (Goldman)

Shalom Goldman writes at IslamiCommentary: Shalom Goldman A report by the Times of Israel yesterday said religious opponents were reciting psalms, blowing the ram’s horn, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
A Tale of Two Bombings: Libya too Weak, Egypt too Strong

A Tale of Two Bombings: Libya too Weak, Egypt too Strong

On Tuesday, someone set up a Soviet-vintage 107 mortar launcher in a car outside the five-star Corinthia hotel in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, and lobbed a […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Pakistan:  20% of US Drone Victims are Civilians, 12% are Children (Woods)

Pakistan: 20% of US Drone Victims are Civilians, 12% are Children (Woods)

Exclusive: Leaked Pakistani report confirms high civilian death toll in CIA drone strikes Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A secret document […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Are Extremist Buddhists in Burma attacking Helpless Muslims? (Walton)

Are Extremist Buddhists in Burma attacking Helpless Muslims? (Walton)

(Author title: “Matthew Walton: A Primer on the Roots of Buddhist/Muslim Conflict in Myanmar, and A Way Forward” ) Matthew J. Walton writes at ISLAMiCommentary […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Dear Royal Baby: We Americans apologize for our Revolution; please be our Absolute Monarch

Dear Royal Baby: We Americans apologize for our Revolution; please be our Absolute Monarch

Dear Royal Baby: You had an ancestor named King George III that we Americans said a lot of nasty things about, and we’d like to […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq?  (Teule)

Can Christianity Survive in the New Iraq? (Teule)

Larry McGill writes at ISLAMiCommentary Herman Teule There are sizeable Christian minorities in several Middle Eastern countries with Muslim majorities, but the numbers of Christians […]

Juan Cole

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