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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?
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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Dan Steinbock

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

01/27/2026 By Juan Cole

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

01/27/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

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Egypt
Bye, Bye Alexandria:  A 1-Meter Sea Rise is Certain

Bye, Bye Alexandria: A 1-Meter Sea Rise is Certain

COP18, the Climate Change Conference held in Doha, Qatar, is a dismal failure, with the United States and Russia being the chief villains. The failure […]

Juan Cole

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On the Real Reason John Boehner can’t Compromise on Obama Budget (Saturday Night Live Spoof)

On the Real Reason John Boehner can’t Compromise on Obama Budget (Saturday Night Live Spoof)

From Saturday Night Live a comedic press conference starring Barack Obama and John Boehner, with Obama playing the elder brother trying to protect a victim […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Climate Change 101: Separate Fact from Fiction (Video Narrated by Bill Nye the Science Guy)

Climate Change 101: Separate Fact from Fiction (Video Narrated by Bill Nye the Science Guy)

For all those still confused by the BP, Exxon-Mobil, American Enterprise Institute, Koch Brothers, Heritage Foundation, etc. stupid noise trying to muddy the waters on […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Greenpeace's Naidoo:  Doha Climate Conference Failed:  The Youth Must Mobilize (Videos)

Greenpeace’s Naidoo: Doha Climate Conference Failed: The Youth Must Mobilize (Videos)

Greenpeace: Doha climate conference a failure, youth have been sold down the river. Executive Director Kumi Naidoo says that the youth must organize to avoid […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition to Campaign against his Referendum

Egypt’s Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition to Campaign against his Referendum

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi late on Saturday abruptly announced that his controversial November 22 constitutional decree had been abrogated. He no longer holds himself above […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition Campaigns against his Referendum

Egypt’s Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition Campaigns against his Referendum

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Juan Cole

Iraq War
Psy of "Gangnam Style" attacked Bush's Iraq War, not America

Psy of “Gangnam Style” attacked Bush’s Iraq War, not America

Korean pop star Psy (Park Jae-sang ) is apologizing for performances in 2004 in which he condemned the Iraq War. At one point he sang […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Crowds at Presidential Palace Break through Barbed Wire, President offers Dialogue

Egypt: Crowds at Presidential Palace Break through Barbed Wire, President offers Dialogue

On Saturday morning, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood held a news conference in which its leader, Muhammad Badie, insisted that the so-called opposition in Egypt is […]

Juan Cole

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Senate Wraps up Investigation of CIA Rights Abuses but You’ll Likely Never See it (Currier)

Senate Wraps up Investigation of CIA Rights Abuses but You’ll Likely Never See it (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica A Senate committee is close to putting the final stamp on a massive report on the CIA’s detention, interrogation and […]

Juan Cole

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