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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Cole on Gaza Crisis (Granholm, Current TV Interview)

Cole on Gaza Crisis (Granholm, Current TV Interview)

Jennifer Granholm of Current TV’s “War Room” (10 pm ET) interviewed me on Gaza:

Juan Cole

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Gaza's Health Crisis and Israel's Crimes Against Humanity

Gaza’s Health Crisis and Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity

Israeli air strikes for the past 6 days have killed over 100 Palestinians in Gaza, many of them women and children; one strike deliberately targeted […]

Juan Cole

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Live report from Gaza, attacks on Journalists (Democracy Now!)

Live report from Gaza, attacks on Journalists (Democracy Now!)

From Democracy Now! – a live report from a Gaza hospital The blurb for the show: We get a live report from independent journalist Mohammed […]

Juan Cole

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Could a Gaza Land War lose the Middle East for America?

Could a Gaza Land War lose the Middle East for America?

Abd al-Ra’uf Arna’ut writes in the PLO newspaper al-Ayyam (The Days) that behind the scenes, the Obama administration and its European allies are exerting enormous […]

Juan Cole

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Blaming Gen. Petraeus for the Wrong Mistakes: Remembering Afghanistan (Cook)

Blaming Gen. Petraeus for the Wrong Mistakes: Remembering Afghanistan (Cook)

Regular readers know that I have been critical of Gen. Petraeus’s counterinsurgency doctrine because I found it unrealistic, and I wish the US had just […]

Juan Cole

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Winning the war on Fracking would be the biggest Victory of All (Cantarow)

Winning the war on Fracking would be the biggest Victory of All (Cantarow)

Ellen Cantarow writes at Tomdispatch: There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent […]

Juan Cole

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Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists

Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists

The USG Open Source Center translates articles from the Arabic on the Israeli attack on newspapers and journalists in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians Say Israel […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)

Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)

Ladan Cher writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On Iran and sanctions, a necessary clarification: “Crippling” is not synonymous for “working” In the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Top Ten Myths about Israeli Attack on Gaza

Top Ten Myths about Israeli Attack on Gaza

1. Israeli hawks represent themselves as engaged in a ‘peace process’ with the Palestinians in which Hamas refuses to join. In fact, Israel has refused […]

Juan Cole

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