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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Israeli Settler Terrorists Plan more Mosque Burnings

Israeli Settler Terrorists Plan more Mosque Burnings

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas charged that a fire that damaged a Palestinian mosque in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank was set by Israeli terrorists […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Suspect Arrested in Times Square Bomb Plot; Afghan anger at NATO Grows

Suspect Arrested in Times Square Bomb Plot; Afghan anger at NATO Grows

As US authorities arrested Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American recently returned from Peshawar, on suspicion of ties to the Pakistani Taliban and involvement in the Times […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
From Waziristan to New York

From Waziristan to New York

It is a measure of the inter-connected character of our globalized world that the security of New York may be tied to events in distant, […]

Juan Cole

Energy
I want My Country back from Big Oil

I want My Country back from Big Oil

I want my country back. I want back the country of Teddy Roosevelt, who cared about our natural environment. I want back the country of […]

Juan Cole

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Can “Proximity Talks” Avert Boycotts of Apartheid Israel?

Can “Proximity Talks” Avert Boycotts of Apartheid Israel?

President Obama threatened that he would take over the Israel-Palestine peace process himself, along with European allies, and recognize a Palestinian state, if Israeli-Palestinian negotiations […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Veiling ban in Belgium:  It is all about the State

Veiling ban in Belgium: It is all about the State

The bill proposing a ban on the niqab or the kind of Muslim veil that covers the entire face, passed by the lower house of […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Chaudhry:  Dis(re)membering \pä-ki-ˈstän\

Chaudhry: Dis(re)membering \pä-ki-ˈstän\

This is a guest essay by Kiren Aziz Chaudhry, University of California, Berkeley, one of our country’s foremost academic specialists in comparative politics.: “…for this […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Massive Offshore Windfarms to Power Green Germany

Massive Offshore Windfarms to Power Green Germany

Note to environmentalists: German utility corporations are building gigantic wind farms offshore that are expected to provide a quarter of Germany’s energy in coming decades. […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
NATO Troops Kill MP Relative; Anti-American Demonstrations Nangarhar Demand US Withdrawal

NATO Troops Kill MP Relative; Anti-American Demonstrations Nangarhar Demand US Withdrawal

NATO forces raided the home in Nangarhar of Afghan parliamentarian Safia Siddiqi Wednesday night, in the course of which they killed her brother-in-law. In response, […]

Juan Cole

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