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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

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Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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UN, Host Countries, Running out of money for Syria Refugee Relief

UN, Host Countries, Running out of money for Syria Refugee Relief

The United Nations is warning that the vast scale of the Syrian refugee crisis is straining the resources of the UN, Jordan and Lebanon. Jordan […]

Juan Cole

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Homeless in the Shadow of High Tech (Moyer Video)

Homeless in the Shadow of High Tech (Moyer Video)

Bill Moyer investigates the phenomenon of homelessness and poverty in the high tech Mecca, San Jose, California. It turns out to be a good metaphor […]

Juan Cole

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How Corporate Media Consolidation has Corrupted our News (Democracy Now! Interview)

How Corporate Media Consolidation has Corrupted our News (Democracy Now! Interview)

Democracy Now! interviews the maker of “Shadows of Liberty,” a new film about how the concentration of ownership of news media in fewer and fewer […]

Juan Cole

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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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