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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

MontrĂ©al (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

06/20/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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The Big Mistake in the New BP Ad

The Big Mistake in the New BP Ad

Uh, BP, fire that Public Relations firm you hired to make a new commercial. They gave you some good advice and some rotten advice. We […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
<i>Rachel Corrie</i> Intercepted; <br/> The 9 activists killed last Monday were shot 30 Times

Rachel Corrie Intercepted;
The 9 activists killed last Monday were shot 30 Times

Wire services reported early Saturday morning that the Rachel Corrie had been intercepted by Israeli war ships and that its communications had been jammed by […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Rachel Corrie Steaming toward Gaza <br/> Likud Vows it will Not Arrive

Rachel Corrie Steaming toward Gaza
Likud Vows it will Not Arrive

Oh, oh. Part Deux. The Rachel Corrie Gaza aid ship is now steaming toward the Gaza coast, and its communications may have been already jammed. […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Eyewitnesses Say Israelis came in with Guns Blazing

Eyewitnesses Say Israelis came in with Guns Blazing

As The Lede points out, the more Mavi Marmara passengers who talk to the press, the more the Israeli official narrative about their landing on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Erdogan: Israel in danger of losing its "best friend" in the Region<br/> NATO HQ Seething

Erdogan: Israel in danger of losing its “best friend” in the Region
NATO HQ Seething

As funerals were held in Turkey on Thursday for 7 Turks and 1 US citizen, a new wave of anger swept over Turkey at Israel. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
American Citizen Killed by Israeli Navy

American Citizen Killed by Israeli Navy

Hey, Tea Party. A foreign navy boarded an unarmed ship flying the flag of a NATO member in international waters and shot dead an American […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The sloppy Israeli propaganda effort against the Free Gaza humanitarian flotilla has been so bad that the pictures released by the Israeli army have been […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitness Account:  ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

Eyewitness Account: ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

“The Gaza Flotilla Massacre: An Eyewitness Account” from pan-Arab London daily, The Middle East (Al-Sharq al-Awsat): ‘ Haneen Zoabi, who is a Palestinian Arab citizen […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitnesses Confirm Israeli Gunplay; <br/> Egypt’s lifting of the Blockade likely Temporary

Eyewitnesses Confirm Israeli Gunplay;
Egypt’s lifting of the Blockade likely Temporary

More eyewitness accounts are emerging from released aid activists whom the Israelis had imprisoned.” They corroborate the videotape showing that Israeli forces were firing at […]

Juan Cole

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