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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?
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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Dan Steinbock

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

01/27/2026 By Juan Cole

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

01/27/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

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OSC: Khamenei’s Speech Replying to Obama

OSC: Khamenei’s Speech Replying to Obama

The USG Open Source Center translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s response to the Persian New Year’s message of US President Barack Obama. For a canny […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei Adopts a Wait and See Attitude to Obama; "If You Change Your Attitude, We Will Change Ours"

Khamenei Adopts a Wait and See Attitude to Obama; "If You Change Your Attitude, We Will Change Ours"

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday, “Of course, we have no prior experience of the new president of the American republic and of […]

Juan Cole

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Hixson: Finding a Way Out in Afghanistan

Hixson: Finding a Way Out in Afghanistan

Walter L. Hixson writes in a guest op-ed for IC After receiving his welcoming gifts from the departing Bush administration—a depression and two failed wars—President […]

Juan Cole

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Firedoglake Book Salon 5 pm Today

Firedoglake Book Salon 5 pm Today

Am doing live Q & A at the Firedoglake book salon Saturday afternoon 3/21 at 5 pm ET. Refresh the page to see the start […]

Juan Cole

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Obama and Now-Ruz

Obama and Now-Ruz

President Barack Obama gave an unprecedented adress to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and to its people on the occasion of the […]

Juan Cole

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Cole & Colbert Report in the Blogosphere

Cole & Colbert Report in the Blogosphere

Was traveling, but finally getting time tonight to post the video of my appearance on the Colbert Report to promote Engaging the Muslim World, which […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Excesses in Gaza Revealed

Israeli Excesses in Gaza Revealed

A discussion among Israeli veterans of the past winter’s military campaign against Gaza has become public, embarrassing the Israeli military and the politicians who launched […]

Juan Cole

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More Reactions to "Engaging the Muslim World"

More Reactions to "Engaging the Muslim World"

With regard to my argument in Engaging the Muslim World that the Iraq War was fomented by an unusual alliance of oil interests (Dick Cheney) […]

Juan Cole

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Blogging Colbert

Blogging Colbert

So I was on the Colbert Report, hosted by Stephen Colbert at Comedy Central, on Wednesday night, to promote my new book, Engaging the Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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