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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
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Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rubaie Sawaid, writing for the Israeli newspaper Arab 48, reports that on Saturday enormous crows demonstrated in Israel against the […]

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within

08/10/2025 By ProPublica

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

How Israel’s Self-Image changed from Self-Reliance to Aggressive Militarism

08/10/2025 By The Conversation

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King’s Bigotry and Obama and the Muslims (Again)

King’s Bigotry and Obama and the Muslims (Again)

Congressman Steven King of Iowa, who has decided to further disgrace Congress by seeking a fifth term there, delivered himself of the sort of bigotted […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Large Protest in Basra; 1 US Soldier Killed, 1 Wounded; 100 Bodies found in Mass Grave;

Large Protest in Basra; 1 US Soldier Killed, 1 Wounded; 100 Bodies found in Mass Grave;

Some 5,000 protesters rallied in downtown Basra to protest the horrible security situation on Saturday. AP notes, ‘Many carried banners, decrying the killing of women, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings Kill 6 in Mosul; Muqtada in Occultation; Talabani Promises Turks he will Rein in PKK; Karrada Bomb Deaths at 68;

Bombings Kill 6 in Mosul; Muqtada in Occultation; Talabani Promises Turks he will Rein in PKK; Karrada Bomb Deaths at 68;

Police in Baghdad raised the death toll for the two bombings in Karrada on Thursday to 68, with 120 wounded. Meanwhile, on Friday two bombings […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
55 Killed in Baghdad Bombings; Maley: Iraq Still Unstable;

55 Killed in Baghdad Bombings; Maley: Iraq Still Unstable;

Sunni Arab guerrillas carried out two bombings in the Shiite Karrada district of Baghdad on Thursday. First a bomb went off in a dumpster near […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza: "Humanitarian Implosion"; Jewish Seminarians Shot Down; Bush Messes Up Gaza Even More

Gaza: "Humanitarian Implosion"; Jewish Seminarians Shot Down; Bush Messes Up Gaza Even More

In the miserable Israeli-Palestinian Hundred Years War, there were several pieces of worse than usual news lately. David Rose at Vanity Fair showed that the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Turkish War Planes Strike Again; Sunnis angered by Acquittal of Zamili

Turkish War Planes Strike Again; Sunnis angered by Acquittal of Zamili

Turkish war planes attacked targets inside Iraq again on Wednesday, only days after the Turkish military withdrew ground troops after a major incursion. Reuters says: […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadrists Demand Release of al-Zamili; More Schisms among Sadrists

Sadrists Demand Release of al-Zamili; More Schisms among Sadrists

A three-judge panel in Iraq acquitted Hakim al-Zamili, a former deputy health minister, and Brigadier General Hamid al-Shammari, the chief of the health ministry’s security […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iranian Daily Sees ties consolidating between Iran, Iraq

Iranian Daily Sees ties consolidating between Iran, Iraq

The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian op-ed on the significance of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq. Daily sees ties consolidating between Iran, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
26 Killed in 2 Baghdad Bombings; Ahmadinejad calls for US Withdrawal; Public Rues Economic Cost of Iraq War

26 Killed in 2 Baghdad Bombings; Ahmadinejad calls for US Withdrawal; Public Rues Economic Cost of Iraq War

Som 92 percent of Democrats and 77 percent of independents are opposed to the Iraq War, which cannot be good news for John McCain, who […]

Juan Cole

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