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War, Peace, and Erasure: Lessons from Wakara for Gaza and Beyond
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War, Peace, and Erasure: Lessons from Wakara for Gaza and Beyond

Max Perry Mueller

Long before Israelis invoked the bible erase a Palestinian homeland another colonizing people sought to remake a land in the image of their God

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Climate Breakdown:  Each Child Today is being Born into a Slow-Motion Hiroshima

Climate Breakdown: Each Child Today is being Born into a Slow-Motion Hiroshima

12/10/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

Syria: One Year since Assad’s Fall

Syria: One Year since Assad’s Fall

12/10/2025 By Human Rights Watch

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Pakistan and the US: Quarrel or Divorce?

Pakistan and the US: Quarrel or Divorce?

The Pakistani government is forcing the United States to depart the Shamsi Air Base in Baluchistan within two weeks, as one of three steps taken […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Theocratic Dominance of the New Egypt may be Exaggerated

Theocratic Dominance of the New Egypt may be Exaggerated

The official results of the November 28 vote in Egypt have now been announced. Observers are jumping to a lot of conclusions. It seems clear […]

Juan Cole

Tomgram: William deBuys, The Parching of the West

Tomgram: William deBuys, The Parching of the West

Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New records tell the tale: biggest wildfire ever recorded in Arizona (538,049 acres), bigge…

Juan Cole

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Top Things that Should have Disqualified Cain before Now

Top Things that Should have Disqualified Cain before Now

The most alarming thing about Herman Cain’s “suspension” of his presidential campaign is what it took to drag him off the stage. It wasn’t his […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Ads against Marriage with American Jews are Part of a Population War

Israeli Ads against Marriage with American Jews are Part of a Population War

The Israeli government has been forced to withdraw advertisements aimed at Israeli-Americans, urging them to return to Israel and to refrain from marrying American Jews […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
FBI Using “Community Outreach” events to Spy on Americans

FBI Using “Community Outreach” events to Spy on Americans

I sometimes talk to Muslim audiences. There is often an FBI agent in the audience and sometimes an ACLU representative. Maz Jobrani suggested at one […]

Juan Cole

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Senate Bill Allows Arrest of Americans by Military Anywhere

Senate Bill Allows Arrest of Americans by Military Anywhere

The Senate passed a war expenses appropriation bill on Thursday that appears to hold out the possibility that the military could be ordered to arrest […]

Juan Cole

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Into the Whirlwind

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Into the Whirlwind

He was 22, a corporal in the Marines from Preston, Iowa, a “city” incorporated in 1890 with a present population of 949.  He died in a hospital in Germany of “wounds received from an explosive device while on patrol in Helm…

Tom Engelhardt

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Britain Closes Tehran Embassy

Britain Closes Tehran Embassy

The British government has closed its embassy in Tehran and given Iranian diplomats two days to depart the UK. London has not severed diplomatic relations […]

Juan Cole

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