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Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

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“Killers of the Flower Moon” puts Oklahoma’s Dark History of Native Osage Murders on Display

“Killers of the Flower Moon” puts Oklahoma’s Dark History of Native Osage Murders on Display

By: Carmen Forman  ( Florida Phoenix) – OKLAHOMA CITY — Although many Oklahomans were long ignorant about how white settlers systematically murdered members of the […]

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Free Civilians Held in Gaza; Treat All Humanely; Don’t Use as Human Shields

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If Gaza is a Conflict over Oil Money investments, Norway points to a Near Future where Petroleum is Worthless

If Gaza is a Conflict over Oil Money investments, Norway points to a Near Future where Petroleum is Worthless

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has concluded that the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7 and after aimed at derailing […]

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Debunked: 'Gaza is not Occupied'

Debunked: ‘Gaza is not Occupied’

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Anyone interested in the truth should ask – if Israel doesn’t occupy Gaza, why […]

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Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – Surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting Poverty than armed Resistance

Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – Surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting Poverty than armed Resistance

By Nathan French, Miami University | – (The Conversation) – Amid the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, observers in the region and internationally continue to […]

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Juan Cole - 3 Possible Futures for Palestinians: One-State Solution, Continued Apartheid or Ethnic Cleansing (Again)

Juan Cole – 3 Possible Futures for Palestinians: One-State Solution, Continued Apartheid or Ethnic Cleansing (Again)

Interview by Nedžla Kurtćehajić of Juan Cole for FACE TV (Sarajevo, Bosnia) | While in Sarajevo last week I did a television interview on issues […]

Juan Cole

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Hamas: A 2023 Counterfactual

Hamas: A 2023 Counterfactual

  Detailed Political Quizzes Because facts matter ( Detailed Political Quizzes) – Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorism should not be justified by any serious person. […]

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A Reflexive Act of Military Revenge Burdened the US - and May do the Same for Israel

A Reflexive Act of Military Revenge Burdened the US – and May do the Same for Israel

By Peter Mansoor, The Ohio State University | – In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, […]

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Biden's Historically Illiterate and Hypocritical Speech on Ukraine and Gaza

Biden’s Historically Illiterate and Hypocritical Speech on Ukraine and Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration’s foreign policy is a mess and lacks any real consistency. This messiness was on full display in […]

Juan Cole

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