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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting
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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

Juan Cole

The horrid Bill Maher and his guest Van Jones even guffawed about dead Gaza babies.

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

01/31/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

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Wholesale Solar Energy Costs Rivalling Coal

Wholesale Solar Energy Costs Rivalling Coal

Bloomberg reports that wholesale solar energy costs are falling 8% a year and may already rival coal in sunny climes like the Middle East and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Green Energy in 20-40 Years?

Green Energy in 20-40 Years?

All the power the world needs could be provided by alternative energy sources within 20-40 years if the political will could be found, according to […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
24 Dead in Fresh Yemen Violent Repression

24 Dead in Fresh Yemen Violent Repression

Violent repression of Yemen’s protesters led to 24 deaths on Tuesday in Sanaa and Taizz. Demonstrations were put down near Sanaa university, and dissident Gen. […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Impatient Rebels Critique NATO Aid

Impatient Rebels Critique NATO Aid

Gen. Abdelfatah Yunis, the commander of rebel military forces in Benghazi expressed dissatisfaction on Tuesday with the pace of the NATO/ UN intervention in his […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Amnesty Int’l: United Nations Must Reject Israeli Campaign to Avoid Accountability for Gaza War Crimes

Amnesty Int’l: United Nations Must Reject Israeli Campaign to Avoid Accountability for Gaza War Crimes

This came to me as a news release from Amnesty International: Amnesty International Public Statement Tuesday, April 5, 2011 United Nations Must Reject Israeli Campaign […]

Juan Cole

Libya
UN Allies Strike Convoy near Brega as Rebels begin Oil Exports

UN Allies Strike Convoy near Brega as Rebels begin Oil Exports

NATO airstrikes near the oil city of Brega (Marsa al-Buraiqa) on Tuesday morning repelled the advance of an 8-vehicle military convoy of Qaddafi loyalists. The […]

Juan Cole

India
Japan Nuclear Woes Galvanize Indian Protests

Japan Nuclear Woes Galvanize Indian Protests

Indian peasants in Maharashtra are protesting plans to build a nuclear plant on an earthquake fault at Jaitapur. India has an ambitious set of plans […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libyan Rebels Aspire to Democracy

Libyan Rebels Aspire to Democracy

The USG Open Source Center translates an article about a rebel news conference in which they lay out their vision of Libya’ future: Libya’s TNC […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Crackdowns Against Arab Spring Continue

Crackdowns Against Arab Spring Continue

1. Tens of thousands of protesters are said to have come out in the Yemeni city of Taizz on Monday, but were fired on by […]

Juan Cole

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