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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank
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Despite New Western Recognition of Palestine, the Israeli Gov’t is Coming for the West Bank

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – As a native Palestinian, visiting my homeland is not just about seeing family and friends. It’s also about […]

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

An Unquenchable Thirst: The coming Water Scarcity

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Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

Middle East Studies Assn. Statement Concerning Trump’s 2025 Travel Bans

09/24/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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That priceless ruby is from a different mine, and that unique pearl is from a different shop. Thinking about this and that is just your […]

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Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control

Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control

The right wing Republican politicians who have been denouncing the requirement that female employees have access to birth control as part of their health benefits […]

Juan Cole

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Omar Khayyam (24)

From the house of unbelief to true religion is a single breath; From the world of doubt to certainty is a single breath; Enjoy this […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Comes to Syria

Update Brig. Gen. Issa al-Kholi who headed a military hospital, was assassinated Saturday outside his Damascus home. He is the first high-ranking officer to be […]

Juan Cole

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Omar Khayyam (23)

Omar Khayyam (23)

Fish said to duck, frantic, Will the water ever return if the river jumps its course? Duck replied, When you and I are skewered and […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The Dilemma over Syria

The Dilemma over Syria

Syria’s military continued its brutal assault on neighborhoods of Homs, a center of civil disobedience against the regime, on Thursday, killing over 100 persons, including […]

Juan Cole

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Although we partiers may have good color and smell pleasant, with cheeks like rubies; and though we’re tall as a cypress– it’s just not clear, […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, In Washington, Fear the Silence, Not the Noise

Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, In Washington, Fear the Silence, Not the Noise

The Obama administration has already charged more people — six — under the Espionage Act for alleged mishandling of classified information than all past presidencies combined. (Prior to Obama, there were only three such cases in American history.)
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Juan Cole

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World’s 1.6 Billion Poor Going Green

World’s 1.6 Billion Poor Going Green

Renewable energy is often thought of as an initiative of advanced, sane countries such as Portugal and Germany. But there is another arena where green […]

Juan Cole

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