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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)

Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)

Bill Moyers interviews a prominent scientist on what can be done to bring climate change back into the media discussion: The blurb: “Encore: Ending the […]

Juan Cole

China

Rising China’s Muslim Problem: What is the Future of the Uygurs? (Alimglu)

JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary interviews MUSA ALIMGLU: This week I asked a China and Xinjiang expert — someone who is familiar with China’s ethnic […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Pope Francis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Women’s Equality: Why Must Religion be Patriarchal?

Pope Francis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Women’s Equality: Why Must Religion be Patriarchal?

The selection of the new pope was carried out by a conclave of elderly men, and the only candidates were men. The new pope is […]

Juan Cole

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Why Wasn't the Higgs Boson Discovered in the US?  Neal DeGrasse Tyson explains congressional stupidity

Why Wasn’t the Higgs Boson Discovered in the US? Neal DeGrasse Tyson explains congressional stupidity

Scientists at a conference in Italy have confirmed the discovery of the Higgs Boson, after further experiments performed at the large hadron collider near Geneva […]

Juan Cole

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Phoenix, Az.: Climate Change Denial HQ will be First Urban Victim of ... Climate Change (deBuys)

Phoenix, Az.: Climate Change Denial HQ will be First Urban Victim of … Climate Change (deBuys)

William deBuys writes at Tomdispatch.com Of course, it’s an easy city to pick on. The nation’s 13th largest metropolitan area (nudging out Detroit) crams 4.3 […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways Pope Francis heralds the Emergence of Global South

Top Ten Ways Pope Francis heralds the Emergence of Global South

The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the new pope signals the first time the Roman Catholic Church has been headed by […]

Juan Cole

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What the US invasion felt like to Iraqis (Kukis)

What the US invasion felt like to Iraqis (Kukis)

Journalist Mark Kukis (Time magazine correspondent in Iraq 2006-2009) writes in a guest piece for Informed Comment Iraqis have a phrase they use to describe […]

Juan Cole

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Amazing Social Media Facts 2013 (video)

Amazing Social Media Facts 2013 (video)

Social media facts 2013, by the numbers:

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Iraq War
Falsity of Nuclear Accusation against Iraq Was Known before Bush’s Invasion

Falsity of Nuclear Accusation against Iraq Was Known before Bush’s Invasion

As we approach the ten year anniversary of the launching of George W. Bush’s war on Iraq, it is worth my pointing out that I […]

Juan Cole

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