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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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How the US Can Facilitate Peace in Syria: Talking to All Sides including Iran (Lawson)

How the US Can Facilitate Peace in Syria: Talking to All Sides including Iran (Lawson)

Fred H. Lawson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Secretary of State John F. Kerry took a major step toward engaging the United […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Abusing the Sea:  from Garbage Dump to Rising Waters & CO2 (Lapham)

Abusing the Sea: from Garbage Dump to Rising Waters & CO2 (Lapham)

[This essay by Lewis Lapham will appear in “The Sea,” the Summer 2013 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch.com with […]

Juan Cole

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Dear US Government: Your ‘Terror’ map of the Muslim World is from the Time of Shakespeare (Kurzman))

Charles Kurzman writes at Islamicommentary Screenshot of the National Counterterrorism Center’s Interactive Map, April 30, 2013. “The United States is not at war with Islam,” […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Stateless!  The Core of the Palestinian Crisis (Juan Cole Video)

Stateless! The Core of the Palestinian Crisis (Juan Cole Video)

My talk at the Jerusalem Fund (the 2013 Hisham B. Sharabi Memorial Lecture with Dr. Juan Cole) The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center: Hisham B. […]

Juan Cole

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PBS, Self-Censorship and the Koch Big Oil Empire (Democracy Now!)

PBS, Self-Censorship and the Koch Big Oil Empire (Democracy Now!)

Following up on a hard-hitting article by the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, Democracy Now! asks if PBS self-censored to avoid offending a major donor, the […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Syria needs a dozen S-300 batteries to protect itself - Russian general; Kerry Denounces Plan

Syria needs a dozen S-300 batteries to protect itself – Russian general; Kerry Denounces Plan

Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday deplored the Russian plan to ship S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, saying that it will not lead to […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories, 6/1/13

Top Ten Green Energy Good News Stories, 6/1/13

1. Scotland Goes Ahead With World’s Largest Wave Energy Project. “At 40 megawatts (MW), it will provide energy to nearly 30,000 homes” once the requisite […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Taksim Square Protests in Turkey Spread to other Cities, Police accused of Brutality

Taksim Square Protests in Turkey Spread to other Cities, Police accused of Brutality

Protests at Taksim Square in Istanbul that began by opposing the privatization of a park (one of the last spots of green in that part […]

Juan Cole

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Falsely Accused Pot Mom Released in Mexico; Case Argues for Decriminalization

Falsely Accused Pot Mom Released in Mexico; Case Argues for Decriminalization

The release of Yanira Maldonado from a Mexican jail after an apparent attempt to frame her for marijuana trafficking underlines the need to end the […]

Juan Cole

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