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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts
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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

H. Scott Prosterman

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

02/24/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

02/24/2026 By The Conversation

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Libya
Top Ten GOP Myths about Libya that Sank Susan Rice

Top Ten GOP Myths about Libya that Sank Susan Rice

The charge against US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice was led by a handful of Republican senators and congressmen, and based on the […]

Juan Cole

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Why HSBC "money-laundering" is Mostly about US Bullying Foreign Policy

Why HSBC “money-laundering” is Mostly about US Bullying Foreign Policy

The “money-laundering” scandal about British bank HSBC is a mixed picture. On the one hand, bank officials laundered money for Mexican drug cartels, allegedly knowingly, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Will Egyptian Left & Liberals Urge a “No” vote on Constitution or Boycott?

Will Egyptian Left & Liberals Urge a “No” vote on Constitution or Boycott?

The left, liberal and centrist parties grouped in the National Salvation Front have decided to campaign for a “no” vote on the constitution in the […]

Juan Cole

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Hostess Executives Dipped into Employees' Pension Funds

Hostess Executives Dipped into Employees’ Pension Funds

Executives of Hostess, the maker of “Twinkies,” have admitted that they did not put the money paid into workers’ pension plans into a separate account. […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Michigan Republicans propose anti-Sharia law to Discriminate against Muslim Americans

Michigan Republicans propose anti-Sharia law to Discriminate against Muslim Americans

Michigan State legislator David Agema has introduced an anti-sharia bill that attempts to ban the implementation of ‘foreign law’ in the US that would contradict […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
America’s Afghanistan Odyssey:  When will Enough be Enough? (Stevenson)

America’s Afghanistan Odyssey: When will Enough be Enough? (Stevenson)

Jack Stevenson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The US has been involved, covertly or openly, in military actions in Afghanistan since 1979, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Apartheid Deepens (Cole at Truthdig)

Israel’s Apartheid Deepens (Cole at Truthdig)

My essay on the aftermath of the Gaza conflict is out in Truthdig; it is entitled “Israel’s Apartheid Deepens, Along With Its Global Isolation” Excerpt: […]

Juan Cole

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Jeff Halper:  Permanent Matrix of Control being Laid over Palestinian Territory (ICAHD Video)

Jeff Halper: Permanent Matrix of Control being Laid over Palestinian Territory (ICAHD Video)

Part 1 of Jeff Halper’s recent talk in London for the Israeli Committee against House Demolition, which says that 28,000 Palestinian homes have by now […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Obama Recognizes Syrian Opposition as Government, as Fighters advance in Aleppo, Damascus

Obama Recognizes Syrian Opposition as Government, as Fighters advance in Aleppo, Damascus

President Obama announced on Tuesday that the US now formally recognizes the Syrian opposition as the legitimate government of Syria: US Secretary of Defense Leon […]

Juan Cole

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