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Israel: Polling suggests Extreme-Right Netanyahu Coalition in Trouble, as Tens of Thousands Protest
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Israel: Polling suggests Extreme-Right Netanyahu Coalition in Trouble, as Tens of Thousands Protest

Juan Cole

The currently dominant right wing coalition would fall from holding 61 seats in the 120-member Israeli parliament or Knesset to only 50.

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Palestine solidarity in Ukraine is all about shared experiences

Palestine solidarity in Ukraine is all about shared experiences

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“I don’t see Palestine as an isolated story”

“I don’t see Palestine as an isolated story”

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Storms and Extreme Weather:  The Impact of Climate Change (Videos)

Storms and Extreme Weather: The Impact of Climate Change (Videos)

Any particular storm is weather, not climate. That is, it is a discrete event, whereas climate is a decades-long pattern of such events. But the […]

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Pakistan, Islam and Democracy

Pakistan, Islam and Democracy

Pakistan, a country 97 percent Muslim, has just made its first successful transition from one elected, civilian government to another since its founding in 1947. […]

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Renewable Energy in Marrakech: Solar Water Pumps & More (Video)

Renewable Energy in Marrakech: Solar Water Pumps & More (Video)

Morocco has enormous solar and wind energy potential and plans to get 40% of its electricity from green energy sources by 2020, only 7 years […]

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Tunisia and Libya take on Ansar al-Sharia Militants

Tunisia and Libya take on Ansar al-Sharia Militants

Clashes broke out on Sunday in a western suburb of Tunis and in the city of Kairouan at the Mosque of the Martyrs between Tunisian […]

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Massive Meteoroid Impact on Moon shines like Small Star (NASA Video)

Massive Meteoroid Impact on Moon shines like Small Star (NASA Video)

That boulder-sized meteoroid that hit the moon on the 17th, causing a star-bright conflagration? NASA reports that it likely was part of a whole pack […]

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Climate Change Denial is Costing us Trillions, Threatening Farming, Fishing, Animals (Video)

Climate Change Denial is Costing us Trillions, Threatening Farming, Fishing, Animals (Video)

Michael Mann: Climate change is already costing us $1 trillion a year. Aljazeera asks Professor Mann why there is still confusion among Americans about the […]

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The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism, and it Won’t make you Happy to Win

The Lotto Symbolizes the False Promises of Barracuda Capitalism, and it Won’t make you Happy to Win

Late capitalism in the United States is a process whereby more and more of the national income is going every month to a smaller number […]

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"I will Survive" the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video

“I will Survive” the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video

Not an endorsement, but this cover by secular leftists of Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 “I will Survive,” with satirical Arabic lyrics (translated in subtitles) about the […]

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The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries

The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries

John Aravosis at AmericaBlog has been all over the Republican congressmen who forged versions of alleged White House emails on Benghazi and falsified them to […]

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