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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring

Mohammed Samaana

Israel and its hard line supporters have long relied on weaponizing charges of antisemitism to silence critics

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

03/06/2026 By Juan Cole

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

03/06/2026 By Al-Shabaka

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Afghanistan
Meh story about $1 Trillion in Minerals in Afghanistan

Meh story about $1 Trillion in Minerals in Afghanistan

The report that geologists have found $1 trillion in mineral wealth in Afghanistan is less important than it seems.. That Afghanistan has minerals is not […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Need a State:  Loosening Blockade is not Enough

Palestinians Need a State: Loosening Blockade is not Enough

One problem with the focus the Israeli raid on the Gaza aid flotilla is that it may make it appear that the Israeli blockade of […]

Juan Cole

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The Greens in Iran are a Movement, not a Coup

The Greens in Iran are a Movement, not a Coup

Small protests broke out around Iran on June 12, the anniversary of the 2009 presidential election, which protesters say was stolen by the country’s clerical […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Schumer's Sippenhaftung and the Children of Gaza

Schumer’s Sippenhaftung and the Children of Gaza

“Gaza” is an abstraction to most Israelis, including [partisans of Israel like] Sen. Charles Schumer of New York. A majority of the 1.5 million Gazans […]

Juan Cole

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Dayan Calls for Assassination of Erdogan via Sinking of his Proposed Aid Ship

Dayan Calls for Assassination of Erdogan via Sinking of his Proposed Aid Ship

The former deputy general Chief of Staff of the Israeli military has called for a proposed aid ship to Gaza from Turkey to be sunk […]

Juan Cole

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One Hour of Video Released by Gaza Aid Worker

One Hour of Video Released by Gaza Aid Worker

A full hour of raw video from the Mavi Marmara Gaza aid ship from before and during the brutal and illegal assault on it in […]

Juan Cole

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Russia: Missiles not Covered by UN Weapons Ban on Iran

Russia: Missiles not Covered by UN Weapons Ban on Iran

After wavering at first, Russian now maintains that the new round of UN Security Council sanctions on Iran do not forestall a sale by Moscow […]

Juan Cole

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Cameron Plans changed by RPG Threat; <br/> Taliban Resurge in Helmand

Cameron Plans changed by RPG Threat;
Taliban Resurge in Helmand

British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to abandon a planned visit to a military base in Helmand, Afghanistan during his trip to that country […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Humanitarian Workers Release Video

Gaza Humanitarian Workers Release Video

Democracy Now! interviews Iara Lee about the video she managed to get past Israeli jamming, from the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara aid ship […]

Juan Cole

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