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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

01/07/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

01/07/2026 By Karen J. Greenberg

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Drones
The United Nations will Investigate Civilian Deaths in US Drone Strikes

The United Nations will Investigate Civilian Deaths in US Drone Strikes

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism writes The United Nations plans to set up a special investigation unit examining claims of civilian deaths in individual US […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt President condemns Israeli Air Raids on Gaza

Egypt President condemns Israeli Air Raids on Gaza

Aljazeera Arabic is reporting on a speech by Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi on Wednesday evening Cairo time, in which the Muslim Brotherhood figure condemned Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Open Source Center Reports from Sept. 12 on Libya Consulate Attack Support Crowd Protests

Open Source Center Reports from Sept. 12 on Libya Consulate Attack Support Crowd Protests

Republican critics of the Obama administration’s evolving accounts of what happened in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 imply that there was early certainty in the […]

Juan Cole

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Lesley Gore to Todd Akin, Joe Walsh and Richard Mourdock: "You Don't Own Me" (Video)

Lesley Gore to Todd Akin, Joe Walsh and Richard Mourdock: “You Don’t Own Me” (Video)

Given the rise of neo-patriarchy, especially in the Republican Party, which keeps trying to control women’s bodies and put women in their (subordinate place), Lesley […]

Juan Cole

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Mourdock, Rape as a Gift of God, and Islamic Sharia

Mourdock, Rape as a Gift of God, and Islamic Sharia

Indiana candidate for the US Senate Richard Mourdock, who has been endorsed by Mitt Romney, has caused a stir by calling children conceived of rape […]

Juan Cole

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The Most Bloated Election in History (Engelhardt)

The Most Bloated Election in History (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com Democratic Mockpocalypse Obesity is an American plague — and no, I’m not talking about overweight Americans.  I’m talking about our […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Romney's Major Flip-Flops in the Third Debate

Romney’s Major Flip-Flops in the Third Debate

Gov. Mitt Romney continued his amazing chameleon act in the third presidential debate, apparently reversing several of his earlier talking points on foreign policy in […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
US must Pressure Bahrain on Human Rights (Strindberg)

US must Pressure Bahrain on Human Rights (Strindberg)

Anders Strindberg writes in a guest column for Informed Comment All is not what it seems: Bahrain and U.S. strategic interests On the last Friday […]

Juan Cole

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SNL Spoof of Second Presidential Debate (Video)

SNL Spoof of Second Presidential Debate (Video)

Saturday Night Live spoofs the second presidential debate at Hofstra University:

Juan Cole

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