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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Obama’s Tax Critics:  Political Doggerel of the Day

Obama’s Tax Critics: Political Doggerel of the Day

The Tea Party tore into Obama for staging a taxation drama. They would rather he cut doctor visits somewhat and save millionaires from such trauma.

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top  Arab Spring Stories Today

Top Arab Spring Stories Today

Yemeni security forces killed 24 protesters on Sunday as the conflict between partisans of wounded president Ali Abdullah Saleh and his detractors escalated. Anti-Saleh protesters […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Cole on the 9/11 Aftermath at AskM

Cole on the 9/11 Aftermath at AskM

I cover questions about Iraq, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring in this recent interview at AskM (a program of the University of Michigan News […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Cole on the Middle East at O Globo’s “Milenio”

Cole on the Middle East at O Globo’s “Milenio”

My interview on Middle Eastern affairs with the O Globo television network’s “Milenio” program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is now on line here. (After […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians seek UN Moxie

Palestinians seek UN Moxie

Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave a major speech Friday making it clear to the Palestinians that the PA will seek membership in the United […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyan TNC Fighters Said to have Entered Sirte

Libyan TNC Fighters Said to have Entered Sirte

Transitional National Council forces announced Thursday night that they had taken most of Sirte, the birthplace of Muammar Qaddafi where elements of his dreaded 32nd […]

Juan Cole

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Muslim Brotherhood Rebukes Erdogan for Advocacy of Secularism

Muslim Brotherhood Rebukes Erdogan for Advocacy of Secularism

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s speech at at the Arab League on Monday and at the Cairo Opera House on Tuesday made waves in the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Helman: The Palestinians Seek UN Recognition

Helman: The Palestinians Seek UN Recognition

Ambassador Gerald B. Helman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Palestinian Authority has stated its intention this Fall to seek some action […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Turkey, Egypt and Israel

Turkey, Egypt and Israel

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Cairo on Tuesday morning, being greeted at the airport by thousands of cheering Egyptians. Even though two dramatic […]

Juan Cole

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