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Anti-Zionist Jews Gather at the Birthplace of Zionism
Anti-Zionism

Anti-Zionist Jews Gather at the Birthplace of Zionism

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In March 1896, William Hechler, the Anglican chaplain at the British Embassy in Vienna, came across a book […]

AI Warfare in Gaza: Targeted Killings, Automated Surveillance (Khalil Dewan)

AI Warfare in Gaza: Targeted Killings, Automated Surveillance (Khalil Dewan)

07/24/2025 By Global Voices

Understanding the Violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

Understanding the Violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad

07/24/2025 By The Conversation

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Troops Injured Outside Combat Ignored in Media; Al-Maliki Gives Away Money

Troops Injured Outside Combat Ignored in Media; Al-Maliki Gives Away Money

Greg Mitchell points out that the media continue to give little coverage to non-combat-related deaths among American troops in Iraq. Actually, they seldom mention the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
2 GIs’ Bodies Found; US, Israel Reject Rumors of IAF Flights in Iraq

2 GIs’ Bodies Found; US, Israel Reject Rumors of IAF Flights in Iraq

The bodies of two US troops MIA were recently discovered in Iraq. Have Israeli planes been flying in Iraq, in and out of US air […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Crocker on Aljazeera The Iraq-US Security Agreement

Crocker on Aljazeera The Iraq-US Security Agreement

Aljazeera International reports on the current situation in Iraq and the negotiations between Iraq and the US for a Status of Forces Agreement. US Ambassador […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Iran Reaction to Possible US Interest Section

OSC: Iran Reaction to Possible US Interest Section

The USG Open Source Center reports on reactions in Iran to the possibility of the opening of a US interest section, i.e. a muted embassy, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bhasin: Maliki and the Timetable: It’s all about Blackwater

Bhasin: Maliki and the Timetable: It’s all about Blackwater

Madhavi Bhasin writes: On July 7th the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in an Address before the Arab Ambassadors stated that his Government was looking […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Knight: Out — without ‘Bloodbath’ or ‘Regional Chaos’

Knight: Out — without ‘Bloodbath’ or ‘Regional Chaos’

Charles Knight writes In October of last year a Boston-area activist called me and reported that he’d recently visited an antiwar Massachusetts congressperson in order […]

Juan Cole

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Cole in Salon: FBI Plan to Profile Muslims Unconstitutional

Cole in Salon: FBI Plan to Profile Muslims Unconstitutional

My column in Salon.com: ‘The FBI’s plan to “profile” Muslims’: It’s unconstitutional, un-American — and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI’s effort to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Saghir: Timetable Demand not a Tactic; 53 Dead, 76 Wounded;

Saghir: Timetable Demand not a Tactic; 53 Dead, 76 Wounded;

Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the chances that a Status of Forces Agreement will be concluded between Baghdad and Washington have declined substantially. The intention […]

Juan Cole

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Attack on US Embassy in Istanbul

Attack on US Embassy in Istanbul

Six are dead in a terrorist attack on the US Embassy in Istanbul. The dead were 3 Turkish policemen and the three attackers, who appear […]

Juan Cole

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