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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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The "Real Mitt Romney" (to the Tune of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady")

The “Real Mitt Romney” (to the Tune of Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady”)

Hugh Atkin’s cute amalgamation of Mitt Romney flip-flops and gaffes a la Marshall Bruce Mathers III.

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget

Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget

If you’ve been fretting about faltering math education and falling test scores here in the United States, you should be worried based on this campaign season of Republican math…

Juan Cole

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Obama's Hypocritical Message to Iran

Obama’s Hypocritical Message to Iran

President Barack Obama addresses the Iranian public on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Now-Ruz). Shorter version: The US and Iran are on the […]

Juan Cole

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Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?

Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?

As French police launch a massive manhunt for the person who shot down a rabbi, his two children, and another child outside a Jewish school […]

Juan Cole

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2010 Hottest Year Yet, 70 ft. Sea Rise Virtually Assured

2010 Hottest Year Yet, 70 ft. Sea Rise Virtually Assured

The hottest year on record is 2010, not 1998, according to new calculations of the major British climate study unit. The findings have just been […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Damascus sees first signs of Guerrilla War

Damascus sees first signs of Guerrilla War

Syrian opposition forces fought the fiercest battle with government loyalist troops yet on Monday, in the tony El Mezze district of Damascus. Damascus, the capital, […]

Juan Cole

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Barack Obama Look-alike Contest in Colombia

Barack Obama Look-alike Contest in Colombia

Barack Obama look-alike contest held in Colombia: ITN:

Juan Cole

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Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico

Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army?  It is our Best Hope for Getting Out

Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army? It is our Best Hope for Getting Out

With the Qur’an-burning scandal, the Panjwai massacre, repeated demonstrations against the United States, and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai’s increasingly strident anti-American pronouncements, it seems clear […]

Juan Cole

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