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Israel’s Shifting Politics
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Israel’s Shifting Politics

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – PM Benjamin Netanyahu has alienated many in Israeli society, some of whom now revile his leadership: The Times of Israel […]

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A new Youth-led Lawsuit is challenging Trump’s Fossil Fuel Orders

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Why UK Recognition of a Palestinian State should not be conditional on Israel’s Actions

Why UK Recognition of a Palestinian State should not be conditional on Israel’s Actions

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Obama Defends Afghanistan War; Campaigning Wraps up with Karzai calling on Warlords

Obama Defends Afghanistan War; Campaigning Wraps up with Karzai calling on Warlords

President Barack Obama gave a major speech on the Afghanistan War to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday. Ironically, the American […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Takes Steps to Regain Lost Momentum

Karzai Takes Steps to Regain Lost Momentum

Incumbent Afghan president Hamid Karzai is clearly feeling the breath of his main rival in the presidential contest on the back of his neck. He […]

Juan Cole

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Kurdish, Arab Leaders Accuse Each other of Terrorism over Ninevah Attacks; 12 Killed, 52 Wounded in Iraq Attacks;

Kurdish, Arab Leaders Accuse Each other of Terrorism over Ninevah Attacks; 12 Killed, 52 Wounded in Iraq Attacks;

In Baghdad, two bombs went off near a falafel stand and killed 8 and wounded 21 persons Al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports in Arabic […]

Juan Cole

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No Health Reform for Gaza; But Death Panels they Have

No Health Reform for Gaza; But Death Panels they Have

While Americans are debating their own health system, they are unindicted co-conspirators in an effort to degrade the health, mental and physical, and to half-starve […]

Juan Cole

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Hamas Crushes Islamist Group in Gaza

Hamas Crushes Islamist Group in Gaza

Some 22 militants died in fighting in Gaza between Hamas and the Army of God’s Helpers on Friday, the latter being a radical fundamentalist cult […]

Juan Cole

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American Grassroots Diplomacy in Damascus

American Grassroots Diplomacy in Damascus

Check out this blog of an interesting experiment in American public diplomacy in Syria: “The American MidEast Leadership Network’s (AMLN’s) Virtual Scrapbook is an online […]

Juan Cole

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7 Killed, 91 Wounded in Suicide Bombing at NATO HQ in Kabul

7 Killed, 91 Wounded in Suicide Bombing at NATO HQ in Kabul

A suicide bomber penetrated several rings of security in Kabul and detonated his payload outside NATO headquarters next to the American Embassy, killing 7 persons […]

Juan Cole

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Epic Fail: Time Magazine on Uselessness of Exercise for Weight Loss

Epic Fail: Time Magazine on Uselessness of Exercise for Weight Loss

I am sure they are smart people, but every once in a while the journalists working for the mainstream media deliver themselves of the opinion […]

Juan Cole

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Twin Bombings Kill 21 Yazidis; Al-Maliki Seeking ‘Nationalist’ Coalition

Twin Bombings Kill 21 Yazidis; Al-Maliki Seeking ‘Nationalist’ Coalition

Two suicide bombers hit a cafe in the Yazidi town of Sinjar, Iraq, on Thursday, killing at least 21 persons and wounded many more. The […]

Juan Cole

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