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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 […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

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Don’t give your body over to lamenting cruel destiny; Don’t dedicate your soul to grief at recollections of the dead. Don’t throw away your heart […]

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Right wing Israeli officials are concerned about attempts to ‘delegitimize” Israel, and fund former officials and intellectuals to attempt to combat this perceived trend. But […]

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Omar Khayyam: “The elders and the newborns”

The elders and the newborns trace  the footsteps of each other, and it is the  way of this world that  no one can live forever […]

Juan Cole

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Did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood just Blink?

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Some members of the Egyptian parliament met briefly on Tuesday, in defiance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and in accordance with […]

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Video on Syrian Gov't Torture Centers (Human Rights Watch)

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Syria’s torture centers, as revealed by Human Rights Watch:

Juan Cole

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States with Highest Religiosity most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest Religiosity most Opposed to Obamacare

I once read an article in a sociology of religion journal. Sociologists placed a person who seemed to have fallen off his bike, and was […]

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Morsi and Brotherhood isolated vs. Military, Courts, Secularists

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The reaction to Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s call to reinstate the dissolved parliament was largely negative on Monday and Tuesday morning, except among supporters of […]

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