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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the […]

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

08/10/2025 By ProPublica

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

08/10/2025 By The Conversation

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Hurricanes could Threaten BP Ships, Relief Well Operations

Hurricanes could Threaten BP Ships, Relief Well Operations

Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico could force oil recovery ships to seek a safe harbor for as much as two weeks starting early July. […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach

Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach

Aerial footage of tar on Pensacola Beach from Escambia County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.

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Environment
Bhopal Victims Protest, Draw Contrast with US Treatment of BP

Bhopal Victims Protest, Draw Contrast with US Treatment of BP

T.L. Caswell on how Union Carbide’s negligence in the Bhopal chemical leak near Agra in the 1980s was punished late and lightly, whereas BP was […]

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Environment
Raining Oil in Louisiana

Raining Oil in Louisiana

OK Rachel Maddow says it isn’t so. Raining oil in Louisiana:

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Afghanistan
McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable<br/> As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable
As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

Controversy is swirling in Washington about whether the firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US troops in Afghanistan has contributed to a weakening […]

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Afghanistan
Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

President Obama’s appointment of Gen. David Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US forces in Afghanistan signaled a continued commitment by the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
McChrystal Drama is Sideshow; Can Obama define a realistic Goal?

McChrystal Drama is Sideshow; Can Obama define a realistic Goal?

The Daily Telegraph in the UK talked to a senior congressional figure late Tuesday or very early Wednesday ET, who said that Gen. Stanley McChrystal […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Obama’s MacArthur Moment?  McChrystal Disses Biden

Obama’s MacArthur Moment? McChrystal Disses Biden

Gen. Stanley McChrystal is apologizing for remarks he made in a Rolling Stone interview denigrating Vice President Joe Biden and US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel Makes Small Change to Gaza Blockade<br/> Brands Lebanese Women's Aid Mission 'Hizbullah'

Israel Makes Small Change to Gaza Blockade
Brands Lebanese Women’s Aid Mission ‘Hizbullah’

Edmund Sanders of the LAT puts the matter correctly when he says that Israel’s national security government (a subset of key cabinet ministers) took a […]

Juan Cole

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