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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children
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Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that 19 of every 100 Palestinian children in Gaza are malnourished. That is […]

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

09/15/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

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Environment
Why the Media Ignores Climate Change (Moyers Video)

Why the Media Ignores Climate Change (Moyers Video)

Bill Moyers interviews media critic Marty Kaplan: “Marty Kaplan on Why the Media Ignores Climate Change Media scholar Marty Kaplan sits with Bill Moyers to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian PM Biblawi:  Egypt had Left the “Arab Group” to Join the “Islamic Group”

Egyptian PM Biblawi: Egypt had Left the “Arab Group” to Join the “Islamic Group”

The USG Open Source Center translates an interview with new interim appointed prime minister of Egypt, Hazem Biblawi, in the Pan-Arab daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat. I […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
UK's Channel 4 Schools US Media on How to cover NSA, Snowden

UK’s Channel 4 Schools US Media on How to cover NSA, Snowden

This report by Channel 4 News in the UK, covering Edward Snowden’s application for asylum in the Russian Federation and his revelations of collaboration between […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998 (Hashimoto)

A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998 (Hashimoto)

Created by Japanese Artist Isao Hashimoto: A time-lapse video map of 2,053 nuclear explosions from 1945 through 1998. Starts off a little slow, but keep […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Malala Yousafzai Pleads at UN for Universal Free Schooling for Girls and Boys

Malala Yousafzai Pleads at UN for Universal Free Schooling for Girls and Boys

“In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Murderers where the Victim was White are Far more Likely to be Punished in US (Graph)

Murderers where the Victim was White are Far more Likely to be Punished in US (Graph)

In the US, as Amnesty International points out: Percentage of murder victims annually that are African-American: 50% Percentage of executions for murder annually where the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Rebellion Movement Pressures President, PM to Pare Claimed Powers

Egypt: Rebellion Movement Pressures President, PM to Pare Claimed Powers

As Egypt braced for dueling huge demonstrations on Friday, a spokesman for the Rebellion or Tamarrud Movement, Hasan Shahin, said Thursday that the campaign expects […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Remembering Syria:  Homs 'Ghost Town' Under heavy Regime Bombardment

Remembering Syria: Homs ‘Ghost Town’ Under heavy Regime Bombardment

In winter of 2012, the world was mesmerized and horrified as the Syrian Baath regime drew up artillery pieces and its tanks and fired on […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
In Chilling Ruling, Chevron is Granted Access to Amazon Activists’ Private Emails

In Chilling Ruling, Chevron is Granted Access to Amazon Activists’ Private Emails

"Sweeping" subpoena violates rights of those who spoke out against oil giant's devastating actions in Ecuador – Lauren McCauley writes at Commondreams “Following their guilty […]

Juan Cole

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