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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza
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War Crimes Then and Now: Hiroshima to Gaza

Peter G. Prontzos

This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

Wildfire Season is starting Weeks earlier in California – a new Study shows how Climate Change is driving the Expansion

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Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril (HRW)

08/08/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Israel/ Palestine
Pressman: American Presidents and the Two-State Solution

Pressman: American Presidents and the Two-State Solution

Jeremy Pressman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: “Clinton, Bush, & Obama on a two-state solution” This compilation of major Clinton, Bush (43), […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What lies Behind Netanyahu's Bluster on '1967 Borders'

What lies Behind Netanyahu’s Bluster on ‘1967 Borders’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s high dudgeon over the world community’s demand that Israel return more or less to ‘1967 borders’ plays to two audiences, his […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistan's Chinese Gambit

Pakistan’s Chinese Gambit

Pakistan’s relations with the United States are troubled, and Islamabad may be turning to China as a result. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani just ended […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Saleh again Defies US, GCC, refuses to Go

Saleh again Defies US, GCC, refuses to Go

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused again on Sunday to sign an agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council with his opposition agreeing to step […]

Juan Cole

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Protest Backroom Deal to Extend Un-Patriot Act til 2015

Protest Backroom Deal to Extend Un-Patriot Act til 2015

There’s an action alert by a supporter of Rand Paul over at Firedoglake saying that an attempt will be made at 5 pm on Monday […]

Juan Cole

Syria
55 Dead in Syria's Weekend of Rage

55 Dead in Syria’s Weekend of Rage

Syrian security forces opened fire again on Saturday, killing 11 protesters in the central city of Homs. The protest began as a funeral procession for […]

Juan Cole

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Connecting the Dots: Doomsday & Education Cuts

Connecting the Dots: Doomsday & Education Cuts

Can you connect the dots? Right wing prophet convinces clueless Americans that May 21 is the end of the world. Kentucky legislature offers $42 mn. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu Humiliates Obama, Misrepresents Israeli Policy

Netanyahu Humiliates Obama, Misrepresents Israeli Policy

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tried to embarrass his host, President Obama, at the White House on Friday, delivering a pedantic attack on him. Netanyahu […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli MPs Slam Netanyahu Intransigence

Israeli MPs Slam Netanyahu Intransigence

The USG Open Source Center translates reactions from opposition members of parliament (the Knesset) in Israel to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s blunt rejection of President […]

Juan Cole

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