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Gaza’s “Walking Corpses:” Jewish Law does not Permit ignoring Atrocities
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Gaza’s “Walking Corpses:” Jewish Law does not Permit ignoring Atrocities

Shamai Leibowitz

Silver Spring, Md. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Jewish law does not permit us to look away when atrocities are being committed. It is […]

The quiet War: What’s fueling Israel’s Surge of settler Violence – and the Lack of State Response

The quiet War: What’s fueling Israel’s Surge of settler Violence – and the Lack of State Response

08/01/2025 By The Conversation

The “D” in Donald is for “Decline” — of America

The “D” in Donald is for “Decline” — of America

08/01/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Iraq
Jihadi Movement Calls For Efforts To Prevent Iran From ‘Interfering’ in Iraqi Affairs

Jihadi Movement Calls For Efforts To Prevent Iran From ‘Interfering’ in Iraqi Affairs

The USG Open Source Center translates an Arab nationalist call to the southern Shiite province of Maysan, which is ruled by the Sadr Movement of […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Militia Blues

Militia Blues

A US soldier was killed and four wounded by rocket fire south of Baghdad. Courtesy ABC News The Guardian video does a report, streamed below, […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Lies about Iran on Now-Ruz

Bush Lies about Iran on Now-Ruz

On Thursday, Bush lied about Iran again: “President Bush said the Iranian government has “declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
"Al-Qaeda" Deploys Widows as Suicide Bombers in Iraq: Fayyad

"Al-Qaeda" Deploys Widows as Suicide Bombers in Iraq: Fayyad

courtesy al-Sharq al-Awsat The misery of the some 2 million widows in Iraq has security implications. Ma’d Fayyad reports in Arabic that fundamentalist Sunni guerrillas […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi TV Channels Carry Reactions to Fifth War Anniversary

Iraqi TV Channels Carry Reactions to Fifth War Anniversary

The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi television reactions to the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq Iraqi TV Channels Carry Reactions to […]

Juan Cole

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Iran: Danger and Opportunity; Polk Guest Op-Ed

Iran: Danger and Opportunity; Polk Guest Op-Ed

William R. Polk writes: Cassandra and Yogi Berra are an unlikely pair, but I hear both of their voices today. Cassandra, like some of us, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Arab Conscience and the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War

The Arab Conscience and the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War

The below is part of an anti-war “opera” sung by the most famous of the Arab videoclip stars (Nancy Ajram and Cheb Khalid are featured […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Politics

Egyptian Politics

For my class, reports on Mubarak’s Egypt: Journeyman pictures clip on the Muslim Brotherhood and Kefaya in Egypt, 2005 Journeyman Pictures clip on Islamic Jihad […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
5 Years, 5 Lies: Cole in Salon

5 Years, 5 Lies: Cole in Salon

My fortnightly column for Salon.com is now up, commemorating the 5th anniversary of Bush’s invasion of Iraq: “Five years of Iraq lies:” How President Bush […]

Juan Cole

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