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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

09/24/2025 By Frida Berrigan

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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Afghanistan
Enormous Truck Bomb Kills 6 US Troops in Afghanistan as Constitutional Crisis Looms

Enormous Truck Bomb Kills 6 US Troops in Afghanistan as Constitutional Crisis Looms

The NYT reports that the Taliban deployed a massive truck bomb against a joint US-Afghan National Army forward operating base in the Arghandab river valley […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Visser:  Spin-Doctors and the Changing Nature of Imperial Power in Iraq

Visser: Spin-Doctors and the Changing Nature of Imperial Power in Iraq

Reidar Visser writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Treaties, Acronyms and Spin-Doctors: The Changing Nature of Imperial Power in Iraq In the 1920s, […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Cardinal Ratzinger Moderated Opposition to Turkey Joining Europe on Becoming Pope: Wikileaks

Cardinal Ratzinger Moderated Opposition to Turkey Joining Europe on Becoming Pope: Wikileaks

The Guardian reports on wikileaks cables regarding the position of the Catholic Church on Europe’s Christian character and its unease with Turkey joining the EU. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Mubarak: W. Naive, controlled by Subordinates

Mubarak: W. Naive, controlled by Subordinates

We now have the full text of the May 19, 2009 cable giving background in preparation for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s visit to President Obama […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Paul Defends Wikileaks: Neocons Don't Like Losing Grip on Empire

Paul Defends Wikileaks: Neocons Don’t Like Losing Grip on Empire

Rep. Ron Paul defends Wikileaks on the House Floor:

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Obama Should Let the UN apply Economic Sanctions to Israel

Obama Should Let the UN apply Economic Sanctions to Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his far rightwing government have slapped President Obama in the face with mail gloves by refusing to extend the […]

Juan Cole

Islam
On Reading the Qur'an: Hazleton

On Reading the Qur’an: Hazleton

Leslie Hazleton on reading the Qur’an: Hazleton is author of After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Can ‘Desperate Housewives’ Defeat al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia?  Wikileaks

Can ‘Desperate Housewives’ Defeat al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia? Wikileaks

US consulate confirms what everybody already knows. Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has bipolar disorder. The Red Sea Port wears a sober puritan mien during the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israelis Jettison Peace Talks in Favor of Massive Land Theft; Brazil, Argentina Recognize Palestinian State

Israelis Jettison Peace Talks in Favor of Massive Land Theft; Brazil, Argentina Recognize Palestinian State

The victory of the Republican right wing in the November elections for the House of Representatives has allowed the Israeli government to simply refuse to […]

Juan Cole

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