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As Huckabee and MTG attack Israel over anti-Christian Pogroms, is the Alliance with White Christian Nationalism  Fraying?
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As Huckabee and MTG attack Israel over anti-Christian Pogroms, is the Alliance with White Christian Nationalism Fraying?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli squatters on Palestinian land in the militarily occupied West Bank conducted a pogrom against the Christian-majority village of Taybeh, […]

“I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know it When I see It.” – Omer Bartov on Gaza

“I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know it When I see It.” – Omer Bartov on Gaza

07/20/2025 By Democracy Now!

Lessons from a historic Act of Disarmament in Kurdistan

Lessons from a historic Act of Disarmament in Kurdistan

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Cairo Symphony Orchestra:  "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

Cairo Symphony Orchestra: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

Cairo Celebration Choir & Cairo Symphony Orchestra: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

Juan Cole

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Christmas in Bethlehem has special Significance for Palestinians

Christmas in Bethlehem has special Significance for Palestinians

Euronews reports on Christmas in Bethlehem and the Palestinians: Some 15,000 pilgrims are in the city and, despite fears raised by the Gaza fighting, hotels […]

Juan Cole

Syria
200 Dead, Many Children, in Syrian aerial bombing of Halfaya

200 Dead, Many Children, in Syrian aerial bombing of Halfaya

Opposition forces said that Syrian fighter jets bombed the town of Halfaya near Hama on Sunday. The bombs struck a crowd standing in line to […]

Juan Cole

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Muslims of Liberated Saraqeb, Syria, put up Christmas Tree for Local Christians

Muslims of Liberated Saraqeb, Syria, put up Christmas Tree for Local Christians

Muslims of Syrian town of Saraqeb put up Christmas tree for local Christians. The young man who is being interviewed stresses the unity of all […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Controversial Fundamentalist Constitution Meets Low Turnout

Egypt’s Controversial Fundamentalist Constitution Meets Low Turnout

Egyptians went to the polls again Saturday in the second round of the constitutional referendum. The provinces or governorates that voted in this round were […]

Juan Cole

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Abraham Lincoln on the Purpose of Government (Or He Wouldn’t be in GOP Today)

Abraham Lincoln on the Purpose of Government (Or He Wouldn’t be in GOP Today)

From Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters …, Volume 1, p. 92: “If we except the light and the air of heaven, no […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Ways NRA Stole Christmas this Year

Top Ten Ways NRA Stole Christmas this Year

The tone deaf and horrifyingly self-serving speech given by Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association on Friday cast a pall over our holiday season. […]

Juan Cole

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The Real War on Christmas:  GOP  Rejection of Tax Rise on Rich could End Tax-Break for Charitable Giving

The Real War on Christmas: GOP Rejection of Tax Rise on Rich could End Tax-Break for Charitable Giving

Many worthy institutions in the United States, from universities and cancer research centers to soup kitchens, art galleries and public radio, are supported by donations […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Fundamentalist Constitution Provokes Street Clashes in Alexandria, 77 Wounded

Fundamentalist Constitution Provokes Street Clashes in Alexandria, 77 Wounded

As Egyptians in 17 governorates head to the polls on Saturday in the second round of the controversial referendum on the new constitution, tension still […]

Juan Cole

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