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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis
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More Americans now Sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll by the Sadat Center at the University of Maryland finds a sea change in the American […]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes (HRW)

08/28/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

08/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Limbaugh and the best argument for Birth Control

Limbaugh and the best argument for Birth Control

Best argument for birth control: If Rush Limbaugh’s mother had used it, imagine how much better the world would be.

Juan Cole

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Mark Twain on Courage

Mark Twain on Courage

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Dear President Obama: On Iran, Listen to the Israelis, not the Likud

Dear President Obama: On Iran, Listen to the Israelis, not the Likud

It is often the case in democratic societies that reasonable people get saddled with extremist governments. Israel is in such a situation at the moment. […]

Juan Cole

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Dear MSM: Andrew Breitbart was not a Blogger

Dear MSM: Andrew Breitbart was not a Blogger

Dear Mainstream Media: Andrew Breitbart was not a blogger. He was a political trickster, a serial frame-up artist, a con man, a fraud, a flimflam […]

Juan Cole

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Hizbullah: Israeli attack on Iran would “ignite the region”

Hizbullah: Israeli attack on Iran would “ignite the region”

Sheikh Naim Qassem, the number two man in Lebanon’s Hizbullah, told Reuters on Wednesday that any Israeli strike on Iran would spin out of control […]

Juan Cole

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Mark Twain on Education

Mark Twain on Education

Does this make you think of anyone in the news these days?

Juan Cole

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A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East: Fathollah-Nejad

A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East: Fathollah-Nejad

Ali Fathollah-Nejad writes in a guest column for Informed Comment A Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in the Middle East Why It Would Be in the […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (47)

Omar Khayyam (47)

No one can pierce the veil of mystery. No one’s soul is aware  of this arrangement. Only in the heart of the black earth do […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Top 5 Stratfor Revelations

Top 5 Stratfor Revelations

Wikileaks is publishing internal memos of the Stratfor security analysis firm. A few tidbits have emerged in these very early days, to wit: 1. Up […]

Juan Cole

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