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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 crowds 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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Obama, Peace and War

Obama, Peace and War

If it is true that the Nobel committee awarded President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George W. Bush, they must have […]

Juan Cole

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Antony Adolph guest Op-Ed: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name

Antony Adolph guest Op-Ed: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name

Antony Adolph writes in a guest op-ed for IC: A Missile Shield by Any Other Name: Is Obama’s Global Military Strategy Taking Shape in Eastern […]

Juan Cole

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Top Things that would Redeem Obama’s Peace Prize

Top Things that would Redeem Obama’s Peace Prize

The world has noted the irony that President Barack Obama is delivering his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize after launching an escalation of […]

Juan Cole

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The Progressive on Best Books of 2009

The Progressive on Best Books of 2009

Favorite Books of 2009 | The Progressive The Progressive lists their writers’ favorite books this year. I’m proud that Engaging the Muslim World made the […]

Juan Cole

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127 Dead, 500 Wounded in 5 Baghdad Bombings

127 Dead, 500 Wounded in 5 Baghdad Bombings

Five large bombs were detonated throughout Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 127 persons and wounding 500, and damaging important government buildings. Three of the five were […]

Juan Cole

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Student Protests Erupt in Over a Dozen Iranian Cities

Student Protests Erupt in Over a Dozen Iranian Cities

The protests against the regime in Iran on Monday were remarkable in several ways, I conclude on reading Borzou Daragahi’s account in LAT. One is […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings kill 46 people in 2 Pakistan cities

Bombings kill 46 people in 2 Pakistan cities

Bombings kill 46 people in 2 Pakistan cities | Top AP Stories | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle The market that was struck in Lahore, in […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Questions about Climate Change on the Eve of Copenhagen

Top Ten Questions about Climate Change on the Eve of Copenhagen

Is the earth’s climate warming? Indisputably. Has the pumping of vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by human beings since the beginning of […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai: Talk to Mullah Omar; Mutwakkil: Taliban would Break with al-Qaeda; Indo-Pak Rivalry in Afghanistan

Karzai: Talk to Mullah Omar; Mutwakkil: Taliban would Break with al-Qaeda; Indo-Pak Rivalry in Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the United States to back talks between his government and Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban. Former Taliban foreign […]

Juan Cole

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