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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman
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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

H. Patricia Hynes

Francesca Albanese stands head and shoulders with the great Nobel-Prize women.  Women won for her dedication to international peace

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

02/14/2026 By Juan Cole

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

02/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Air Massacre in Maaret al-Numan, Syria as Fighting Intensifies

Air Massacre in Maaret al-Numan, Syria as Fighting Intensifies

On October 9, the revolutionaries in Syria took the town of Maaret al-Numan in northern Idlib province for a second time, and began besieging the […]

Juan Cole

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Campaign Humor from the Candidates: Obama and Romney do Stand-Up

Campaign Humor from the Candidates: Obama and Romney do Stand-Up

Barack Obama tells jokes at the Al Smith dinner, three weeks before the election. Obama observes that he was much more awake in the second […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
The US & Pakistan: The Mr & Mrs Smith of Foreign Policy (Hiro)

The US & Pakistan: The Mr & Mrs Smith of Foreign Policy (Hiro)

Dilip Hiro writes at Tomdispatch.com: The Alliance from Hell How the U.S. and Pakistan Became the Dysfunctional Nuclear Family of International Relations The United States […]

Juan Cole

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A Letter from Benghazi on Crappy Republican Talking Points

A Letter from Benghazi on Crappy Republican Talking Points

A common friend sent me this message from a resident of Benghazi, Libya: === I’m so fed up with all the nonsense that’s repeated over […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Creepy Israeli Planning for Palestinian Food Insecurity in Gaza Revealed

Creepy Israeli Planning for Palestinian Food Insecurity in Gaza Revealed

An Israeli human rights organization, Gisha, sued in Israeli courts to force the release of a planning document for ‘putting the Palestinians on a diet’ […]

Juan Cole

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Two Canadians Discover the US has become a Police State

Two Canadians Discover the US has become a Police State

From YouTube: “If you’re told to do something, do it without asking the reason.”

Juan Cole

Libya
Romney Binder full of Top Ten Mistakes and Falsehoods

Romney Binder full of Top Ten Mistakes and Falsehoods

1. Romney attempted to convey the impression that he has worked to increase women’s employment as governor, reaching out to women’s groups and receiving “binders […]

Juan Cole

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US Drone Strikes on Pakistan: Counting the Bodies (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The US government must release its estimates of how many people are being killed in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
10,000 Syrian Refugees Trapped on Iraq & Turkish Borders

10,000 Syrian Refugees Trapped on Iraq & Turkish Borders

Human Rights Watch is calling on Iraq and Turkey to open their borders in Syria’s northeast to allow the passage of some 10,000 Syrian refugees, […]

Juan Cole

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