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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman
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Pariah State: Israeli Cruise Ship, Rebuffed at Greek Island Ports over Gaza Genocide, becomes Flying Dutchman

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to turn Israel into a 21st century version of the Flying Dutchman. […]

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await Entry: UN agency for Palestinian Refugees

07/27/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: New Study — ProPublica

07/27/2025 By ProPublica

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Obama: Clark Kent at home, Imperial Superman Abroad (Engelhardt)

Obama: Clark Kent at home, Imperial Superman Abroad (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Obama Contradiction Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad By Tom Engelhardt He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi-Egypt Crisis Points to Conflict between New Democracies, Old Autocracies

Saudi-Egypt Crisis Points to Conflict between New Democracies, Old Autocracies

The closure of the Saudi embassy and consulates in Egypt, and the continued demonstrations in Cairo in front of the Ministry of Interior, point to […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Humor at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Obama Humor at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

This is C-Span’s video of President Barack Obama’s mostly tongue-in-cheek address at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “[Hillary] won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena.” “It’s […]

Juan Cole

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Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)

Sultan Mosque Singapore (Photo)

Photo by Juan Cole, June, 2009 Sultan Mosque, Singapore Constructed 1928 Architect: Denis Santry of Swan and Maclaren Replaced: Mosque of Sultan Hussein, 1824-1826

Juan Cole

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“America Does not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy” – John Quincy Adams (Poster)

“America Does not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy” – John Quincy Adams (Poster)

Juan Cole

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Israeli Spy Chief Condemns Netanyahu for Iran Hype, Messianism

Israeli Spy Chief Condemns Netanyahu for Iran Hype, Messianism

Former head of Israeli domestic intelligence (Shin Bet), Yuval Diskin, said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are misleading […]

Juan Cole

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Biden to Romney “Dude, you are so 1975” and “If you Plan war with Iran, tell us Now”

Biden to Romney “Dude, you are so 1975” and “If you Plan war with Iran, tell us Now”

Vice President Joe Biden attacked Mitt Romney’s foreign policy ideas on Thursday. Romney’s policies are to send tens of thousands of troops back into Iraq, […]

Juan Cole

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A Full Spectrum Confrontation World? (Escobar)

A Full Spectrum Confrontation World? (Escobar)

Pepe Escobar writes at Tomdispatch.com: A History of the World, BRIC by BRIC Neoliberal Dragons, Eurasian Wet Dreams, and Robocop Fantasies By Pepe Escobar Goldman […]

Juan Cole

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Omar Khayyam (107) “Not every withered Tulip is going to bloom Again”

Omar Khayyam (107) “Not every withered Tulip is going to bloom Again”

Have some wine, since you’ll be sleeping for a long time underground, lacking a best buddy, or a fast friend or lover. Be careful to […]

Juan Cole

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