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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis
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17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Juan Cole

The reason Gaza has this monstrous number of orphans is that the Israeli government killed their parents, including their mothers

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

Trump’s Plan for Strikes on Iran carries major Risks – and the US Military knows it

02/26/2026 By The Conversation

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

Protesting LA Public Library’s Cancellation of “Read Palestine” Week, Uninviting Authors

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Omar Khayyan (49)

Omar Khayyan (49)

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Unlikely Oracle of Occupy Wall Street

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Unlikely Oracle of Occupy Wall Street

When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse…

Juan Cole

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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

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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

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