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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts
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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

H. Scott Prosterman

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

02/24/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

02/24/2026 By The Conversation

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Truck Bombing in Market Kills 15; Sadrists to contest Elections Independently

Truck Bombing in Market Kills 15; Sadrists to contest Elections Independently

Guerrillas detonated a parked truck bomb at a market in mostly Sunni Arab Dora on Wednesday morning, killing 15 and wounding 50. A big truck […]

Juan Cole

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US Airstrike Kills Dozens; Christian Proselytizing in Muslim Afghanistan

US Airstrike Kills Dozens; Christian Proselytizing in Muslim Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington, DC was overshadowed by a controversy over another US airstrike gone astray in Farah Province south of Herat, […]

Juan Cole

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Suicide Bombing in Peshawar Kills 4 Troops; Zardari in DC for Talks with Obama, Karzai

Suicide Bombing in Peshawar Kills 4 Troops; Zardari in DC for Talks with Obama, Karzai

As Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari arrived in Washington for talks with President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, fighting intensified in Pakistan’s northwest. On […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Rival Bows Out; NATO Troops Kill Girl

Karzai Rival Bows Out; NATO Troops Kill Girl

As President Obama prepares for Wednesday’s tripartite summit between himself, the president of Pakistan (Asaf Ali Zardari) and the president of Afghanistan (Hamid Karzai), he […]

Juan Cole

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Oglesby Review of Engaging the Muslim World

Oglesby Review of Engaging the Muslim World

Thanks to Sam Oglesby for a searching review of my new book “Engaging the Muslim World. Excerpt: “Turning to the most troublesome current foreign policy […]

Juan Cole

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Strouse: Lebanon’s Elections and Iranian Influence

Strouse: Lebanon’s Elections and Iranian Influence

Thomas Strouse writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Two critical elections will take place in early June that could potentially shape the direction that […]

Juan Cole

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2 US Troops Killed Near Mosul; Iranian assault

2 US Troops Killed Near Mosul; Iranian assault

The LAT reports that Iraqi soldiers at a base near Mosul shot and killed two US troops on Saturday and wounded a third. The US […]

Juan Cole

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Pirio: Somalia Beyond Piracy: Mogadishu’s Sheikhs Gamble on Peace

Pirio: Somalia Beyond Piracy: Mogadishu’s Sheikhs Gamble on Peace

Gregory Alonso Pirio writes in a guest op-ed for IC:

Juan Cole

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AfPak as Obama's Wars

AfPak as Obama’s Wars

Aljazeera English reviews the first hundred days of Obama’s policies in Afghanistan. The The NYT explains that Obama is readying a major US military push […]

Juan Cole

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