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The Silence of the Scholars:  How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza
Academic Freedom

The Silence of the Scholars: How leading Academics gave Cover to Genocide in Gaza

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The true measure of a scholar is not the number of books they publish or the […]

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

“But still the Vine her ancient Ruby Yields:” Fitzgerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:5

08/22/2025 By Juan Cole

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

‘All Eyes On Gaza City’ as Israel Ramps Up Campaign of Conquest and Ethnic Cleansing

08/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Bigots Smash Window of Iraqi-American Restaurant: Then . . . Vets come to Save the Day

Bigots Smash Window of Iraqi-American Restaurant: Then . . . Vets come to Save the Day

Vets, some of them having served in Iraq, come to eat at an Iraqi-American restaurant in Lowell to give them some business and make up […]

Juan Cole

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If N. Korea is the Threat, Why is all the War Talk about a Weak Iran?

If N. Korea is the Threat, Why is all the War Talk about a Weak Iran?

All the talk in Washington is about war on Iran, which poses no threat to the United States. But one never hears belligerence toward North […]

Juan Cole

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Can you Pass the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Quiz? (Rudolph)

Can you Pass the Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Quiz? (Rudolph)

By Jeffrey Rudolph While Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community was a marginal presence in 1948, it has since grown into a meaningful social and political force. […]

Juan Cole

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Jon Stewart Risks Jail in Egypt by Satirizing President Morsi, Provokes Diplomatic Incident

Jon Stewart Risks Jail in Egypt by Satirizing President Morsi, Provokes Diplomatic Incident

The US embassy in Cairo’s twitter feed is known for its informality and irreverence, and tweeted out a link to Jon Stewart’s interventions on the […]

Juan Cole

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Congress Obsessed with American Muslims, Neglects real threat of White Supremacists

Congress Obsessed with American Muslims, Neglects real threat of White Supremacists

The shooting of Kaufman, Texas district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia remains a mystery. But investigators are increasingly looking into a cell of […]

Juan Cole

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Eyeless in Gaza: When will Israel let its People Go?

Eyeless in Gaza: When will Israel let its People Go?

Israeli war planes struck the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel has roughly 7.5 million people, Gaza roughly 1.7 million. Israel bombed and destroyed Gaza’s […]

Juan Cole

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How the Pentagon Helped Make Afghanistan the Most Corrupt Country on Earth (Hiro)

How the Pentagon Helped Make Afghanistan the Most Corrupt Country on Earth (Hiro)

Dilip Hiro writes at Tomdispatch.com Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Revolution even Bloodier in March, with record 6000 Dead

Syrian Revolution even Bloodier in March, with record 6000 Dead

Syrian dissidents say that some 6,000 people died in Syria in March, the largest one-month toll since the movement to overthrow the Baathist regime of […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef on Kafkaesque Interrogation (CNN Video)

Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef on Kafkaesque Interrogation (CNN Video)

Bassem Youssef tells Christiane Amanpour about the 5-hour Kafkaesque interrogation he underwent after being summoned by the prosecutor-general. The humorless prosecutors essentially made a montage […]

Juan Cole

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