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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

Judaism as an Occupied Territory

Judaism as an Occupied Territory

02/25/2026 By Moshe Behar

Donald Trump’s Death Cards:  ICE Brings the War Home

Donald Trump’s Death Cards: ICE Brings the War Home

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Iraq
What we Did to Iraq

What we Did to Iraq

Sunni radicals hit Baghdad Tuesday morning on the anniversary of the beginning of the US war on Iraq, killing over 50 people in attacks on […]

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Arab World
UAE Launches 100 Megawatt Solar Energy Plant, Largest in Mideast

UAE Launches 100 Megawatt Solar Energy Plant, Largest in Mideast

Although the Gulf makes its way in life by selling petroleum, countries like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates don’t engage in that sordid game […]

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What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? (Cole @ Truthdig)

What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like? (Cole @ Truthdig)

My essay, “What Would a Rand Paul Libertarian Foreign Policy Look Like?”, is out at Truthdig Excerpt: “On Saturday, Paul emerged as the winner of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
What we Lost:  Top Ten Ways the Iraq War Harmed the US

What we Lost: Top Ten Ways the Iraq War Harmed the US

As the tenth anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War approaches, I’ll be making some comments about the episode at this blog, which for […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq's Teens Drowning in Hopelessness  (Arwa Damon)

Iraq’s Teens Drowning in Hopelessness (Arwa Damon)

CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Baghdad on the sense of hopelessness among even upper-class Iraqi teens today. AFP gives support to Ms. Damon’s findings: a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Remembering Rachel Corrie, 10 Years Later

Remembering Rachel Corrie, 10 Years Later

Rachel Corrie’s parents speak out on the tenth anniversary of her killing by the Israeli operator of a military bulldozer, who ran over her as […]

Juan Cole

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St. Patrick's Day Explained (ReportingSatire Video)

St. Patrick’s Day Explained (ReportingSatire Video)

ReportingSatire explores St. Patrick’s Day:

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al-Qaeda
By the Numbers:  US Drone Strikes on Pakistan “Illegal”

By the Numbers: US Drone Strikes on Pakistan “Illegal”

The Guardian reports that Ben Emmerson, the UN’s special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, says that the Pakistani government has given no tacit consent […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)

Can we Get the Media to Report Climate Change? (Bill Moyers Video)

Bill Moyers interviews a prominent scientist on what can be done to bring climate change back into the media discussion: The blurb: “Encore: Ending the […]

Juan Cole

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