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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

MontrĂ©al (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

06/20/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Israel invades Gaza

Israel invades Gaza

After a four-hour artillery barrage, Israeli troops moved into the northern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday. This land operation raises the same question […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Protest Israel, US in Kabul

Thousands Protest Israel, US in Kabul

Thousands of Afghans rallied on Friday against the Israeli attack on Gaza Three thousand protesters in Kabul burned Ehud Olmert and George W. Bush in […]

Juan Cole

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30 Killed, 112 Wounded in Bombing; Iraqi Air Force Carries Aid to Gaza;

30 Killed, 112 Wounded in Bombing; Iraqi Air Force Carries Aid to Gaza;

A suicide belt bomber killed his own clansmen at a tribal reconciliation meeting at Yusufiya just south of Baghdad, killing at least 30 and wounding […]

Juan Cole

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Moderates Must Give up Moderation: Jordanian Press on Gaza

Moderates Must Give up Moderation: Jordanian Press on Gaza

The USG Open Source Center paraphrases articles in the Jordanian press on the Israeli attack on Gaza. Jordan is one of only two Arab states […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Regains National Sovereignty; Takes Control of Green Zone, Basra Airport; MEK Terror Group to Leave

Iraq Regains National Sovereignty; Takes Control of Green Zone, Basra Airport; MEK Terror Group to Leave

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday that Iraq had “regained its national sovereignty”. It could in fact be argued that for the first time […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Refugee Camps in Gaza Instead of Paying the Refugees Reparations

Bombing Refugee Camps in Gaza Instead of Paying the Refugees Reparations

The news keeps reporting that the Israeli air force bombed refugee camps in Gaza. Did you ever wonder how those refugee camps got to be […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Good News Stories in the Muslim World, 2008 (That Nobody Noticed)

Top Ten Good News Stories in the Muslim World, 2008 (That Nobody Noticed)

We all too often focus only on negative developments, and while it is understandable for people to keep their eyes on impending calamities, obsessing about […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Rejects Ceasefire, Hits PM Office; Iranian Students attack UK Embassy

Israel Rejects Ceasefire, Hits PM Office; Iranian Students attack UK Embassy

The pace of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza slowed on Wednesday, with two big airstrikes. One aimed at destroying tunnels that allow Palestinians to smuggle in […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Myths about Iraq, 2008

Top Ten Myths about Iraq, 2008

1. Iraqis are safer because of Bush’s War. In fact, conditions of insecurity have helped created both an internal and external refugee problem: ‘ At […]

Juan Cole

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