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Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine
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Israel’s Enduring Colonial Project in Palestine

Mehmet Rakipoglu

Settler colonialism is a structure rather than an event, governed by a persistent logic of elimination aimed at securing land

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

02/26/2026 By The Conversation

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

02/26/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)

Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)

Julie Poucher Harbin presents an interview with Peter Feaver via Islamicommentary According to an assessment signed by White House director of the office of legislative […]

Juan Cole

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Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)

Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)

Christie Thompson writes at ProPublica: Among the news that ended up being buried in the events of [two weeks ago]: A nonpartisan think tank, the […]

Juan Cole

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The Changing map of Europe and the Middle East, 1000 - 2000 (10-min. Video)

The Changing map of Europe and the Middle East, 1000 – 2000 (10-min. Video)

The changing map of Europe and the Middle East for the last thousand years, in 10 minutes.

Juan Cole

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Steven Spielberg's "Obama," with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden

Steven Spielberg’s “Obama,” with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden

Satire Spoof shown at this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner: Steven Spielberg’s “Obama,” starring Daniel Day Lewis, with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden:

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Pot and Partying:  Top Ten Signs the Tsarnaev Brothers Weren’t Pious Muslims

Pot and Partying: Top Ten Signs the Tsarnaev Brothers Weren’t Pious Muslims

Recent press revelations have confirmed my initial suggestion that members of the Tsarnaev family were secular ex-Soviets rather than observant Muslims Only a few years […]

Juan Cole

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Glenn Greenwald on the Price of Government Secrecy (Moyers interview)

Glenn Greenwald on the Price of Government Secrecy (Moyers interview)

Bill Moyers interviews Glenn Greenwald on the high cost of government secrecy. The blurb for the show: “The violent Boston rampage triggered a local and […]

Juan Cole

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Serbia and Kosovo: A European Success Story? (Trix)

Serbia and Kosovo: A European Success Story? (Trix)

Frances Trix writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On 19 April 2013 the prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, Hashim Thaci and Ivica […]

Juan Cole

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Bush and the American Right Wing: Top Ten Ways they are Like the Children of an Alcoholic

Bush and the American Right Wing: Top Ten Ways they are Like the Children of an Alcoholic

It is a well-known syndrome in alcoholic and/or abusive families that the child runs to the abusive parent, and makes excuses for him or her. […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef, under threat of Jail (Jon Stewart Interview)

Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef, under threat of Jail (Jon Stewart Interview)

Jon Stewart interviews Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef on being threatened with jail for being funny about the president, and various Egyptian government conspiracy theories. And […]

Juan Cole

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