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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

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As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At this time of a perhaps pivotal crisis in the Middle East, we’re coming once again […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli PM Netanyahu's Performative Genocide in Gaza

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Performative Genocide in Gaza

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to destroy Hamas, whatever the cost to civilians in Gaza, is based on […]

Mark Karlin

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Researchers alarmed at Damage Caused by Forever Chemicals (PFAS)

By Eadaoin Carthy, Dublin City University and Abrar Abdelsalam, Dublin City University | – (The Conversation) – Since their inception in the 1940s, the so-called […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Turning Gaza into a Hellhole is Costing Americans Billions as Child Poverty Spikes at Home

How Turning Gaza into a Hellhole is Costing Americans Billions as Child Poverty Spikes at Home

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On September 19, 2001, eight days after 9/11, as the leaders of both parties were already pounding a frenzied drumbeat of […]

Liz Theoharis

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Far Rightwing Israeli Gov't's Actions risk fueling Global Anti-Semitism While Republicans Stoke Islamophobia

Far Rightwing Israeli Gov’t’s Actions risk fueling Global Anti-Semitism While Republicans Stoke Islamophobia

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The compounding tragedies in Israel and Palestine lead to a sad and harsh realization: Today’s mutant form […]

H. Scott Prosterman

China
Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China's Strategy of 'Balanced Diplomacy' in the Middle East at Risk

Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China’s Strategy of ‘Balanced Diplomacy’ in the Middle East at Risk

By Andrew Latham, Macalester College | – On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate that Israel was missing from from the mapping services provided […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine's Obituary

Palestine’s Obituary

Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole at Scheerpost. [Radio]. Scheerpost: Palestine’s Obituary (w/ Juan Cole) [YouTube Video] Transcript: Robert Scheer: Hi, this is Robert Scheer with […]

Juan Cole

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Juan Cole: The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US Invasion of Iraq

Here is the closing plenary panel of a conference held in mid-September by the Qatar branch of Georgetown University on “The Invasion of Iraq: Regional […]

Juan Cole

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How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica) – Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has confronted the horrors of tuberculosis, […]

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