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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”
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Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

Juan Cole

What I like about Pope Leo’s remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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Iran’s Capital, Tehran, Faces Zero Day without Water: Climate Change and Bad Policy

Iran’s Capital, Tehran, Faces Zero Day without Water: Climate Change and Bad Policy

12/02/2025 By The Conversation

Rebuking U of Guelph for Cancellation of People’s Conference for Palestinian Solidarity

Rebuking U of Guelph for Cancellation of People’s Conference for Palestinian Solidarity

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OSC: Khamenei Blames Iran Discord on West

OSC: Khamenei Blames Iran Discord on West

The USG Open Source Center translates the speech on Monday by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in which he denounces what he calls Western attempts […]

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Silverman: Drought, Agriculture, and Social Problems in Iraq

Silverman: Drought, Agriculture, and Social Problems in Iraq

Adam L. Silverman, PhD, writes in a guest op-ed for IC: The crippling sandstorms in Iraq, which disrupted the trip to that country of Vice […]

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Iraqis Project Hopes, Fears onto Biden; Biden Firm that US will Engage Iran; If Israel wants an Attack, must carry it out Itself

Iraqis Project Hopes, Fears onto Biden; Biden Firm that US will Engage Iran; If Israel wants an Attack, must carry it out Itself

The top myths in the press this weekend about Vice President Joe Biden are that he was rebuffed in Iraq when he offered his good […]

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OSC: Israeli Rightwing Press Attacks Obama, Denies Rights to Palestinians

OSC: Israeli Rightwing Press Attacks Obama, Denies Rights to Palestinians

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases opinion pieces in the press of the right wing Israeli settler movement in the Occupied Palestinian West […]

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Mary Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail

Mary Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail

Aljazeera English reports on the activists abducted by Israel as they attempted to deliver food and other civilian aid to Gaza, which is under a […]

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Mousavi Details Fraud; Shariatmadari Calls for Opposition to Be Prosecuted

Mousavi Details Fraud; Shariatmadari Calls for Opposition to Be Prosecuted

WaPo reports that opposition leader Mir Hosain Mousavi has released documents alleging bias in the June 12 presidential elections in Iran. He slams the Revolutionary […]

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OSC: Shariatmadari: Try Mousavi and Karroubi

OSC: Shariatmadari: Try Mousavi and Karroubi

The USG Open Source Center translates a hard line editorial by an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling for opposition leaders Mir Hosain Mousavi […]

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Mediterranean Piracy on the Fourth

Mediterranean Piracy on the Fourth

US hostages held in foreign country on Fourth of July, including a former Congresswoman, after having been captured in a naked act of piracy in […]

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Remembering Iran's Protests on the 4th of July

Remembering Iran’s Protests on the 4th of July

Remembering the protests in Iran in pictures and film on the occasion of the America Declaration of Independence: Aljazeera English on “Mousavi and the Masses”, […]

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