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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”
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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

Juan Cole

What I like about Pope Leo’s remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

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The Putinization of America

The Putinization of America

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Netanyahu in 1992:  Iran close to having nuclear bomb

Netanyahu in 1992: Iran close to having nuclear bomb

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trapped in reflection theory. He was allegedly himself involved in illegally smuggling nuclear triggers out of the US, and […]

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Afghanistan
Top Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

Top Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

1. Tourism in Egypt and Tunisia, the economies of which heavily depend on it, is likely to take a nosedive this fall. It is a […]

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Afghanistan
The War on Terror Comes to Facebook (Harvey)

The War on Terror Comes to Facebook (Harvey)

Stephanie Harvey writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Facebook, the social networking website with over 955 million profiles, has been used as a ‘honey […]

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Obama Plays Hardball and Egypt’s Morsi Folds

Obama Plays Hardball and Egypt’s Morsi Folds

The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi happened because the Libyan government is still weak, rebuilding after its revolution against Muammar Qaddafi. But there […]

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Egypt
Romney Jumps the Shark: Libya, Egypt and the Butterfly Effect

Romney Jumps the Shark: Libya, Egypt and the Butterfly Effect

The late science fiction writer Ray Bradbury authored a short story about time travelers. They were careful, when they went back to the Jurassic, not […]

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Syria
The West Will Have to Compromise on Syria (Schmidt)

The West Will Have to Compromise on Syria (Schmidt)

Søren Schmidt writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Syria is neither Egypt nor Libya – and the conflict can therefore not be solved […]

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (186) “wine educates the soul”

Omar Khayyam (186) “wine educates the soul”

If you give wine               to a                     mountain, you will    […]

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Egypt
Romney Poses, as Militants Burn Benghazi Consulate, killing Ambassador, 3 staffers, & Demonstrate in Cairo, over Islamophobic Film

Romney Poses, as Militants Burn Benghazi Consulate, killing Ambassador, 3 staffers, & Demonstrate in Cairo, over Islamophobic Film

Predictably, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to make political hay of the tiny demonstrations in Cairo and Benghazi by Muslim militants. The Benghazi mob […]

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (204) “strangers cannot know You as Your close friends do”

Omar Khayyam (204) “strangers cannot know You as Your close friends do”

Prudes don’t know Your grace the way we do, and strangers cannot know You as Your close friends do. You said, “If you commit a […]

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