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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

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Memo to Trump: How Dumping 2.2 Million more Palestinians on Jordan would Destabilize the Middle East even More than the Iraq War Did

Memo to Trump: How Dumping 2.2 Million more Palestinians on Jordan would Destabilize the Middle East even More than the Iraq War Did

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – First, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet proposed ethnically cleansing Gaza of its Palestinian inhabitants in the fall […]

Juan Cole

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Israel destroyed 70% of Gaza’s Buildings: Was this ‘Domicide’ a further Move toward Colonization?

Israel destroyed 70% of Gaza’s Buildings: Was this ‘Domicide’ a further Move toward Colonization?

by Jibran Syed ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Palestinians continue to make their way back to the remnants of Gaza – a place […]

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As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring

As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring

By Robert Kubinec, University of South Carolina (The Conversation) – The fall of Bashar Assad’s dictatorship in December 2024 has ushered in a nerve-wracking time […]

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Interview:   Juan Cole’s ‘Gaza Yet Stands’ and the Fate of Palestine

Interview: Juan Cole’s ‘Gaza Yet Stands’ and the Fate of Palestine

Interview of Juan Cole on his book Gaza Yet Stands by Shubhda Chaudhary for her Middle East Insights YouTube channel. Dr. Chaudhary Dr. Shubhda Chaudhary […]

Juan Cole

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How the Israel-Hamas War Reshaped the Middle East

How the Israel-Hamas War Reshaped the Middle East

By Ray Furlong and Abubakar Siddique ( RFE/ RL ) – The 15-month conflict in the Middle East has caused a dramatic shift in the regional […]

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Detroit’s Death Spiral: How Trump’s Climate Policy Could Kill the US Auto Industry

Detroit’s Death Spiral: How Trump’s Climate Policy Could Kill the US Auto Industry

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It came upon a midnight clear, a vision both complete and quite specific — not from any of those “angels bending […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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14 Years after the Arab Spring Youth Revolution in Egypt, the Problems that provoked it are Even Worse

14 Years after the Arab Spring Youth Revolution in Egypt, the Problems that provoked it are Even Worse

Rusha Latif, author of Tahrir’s Youth: “The problems and grievances that drove the 2011 Egyptian revolution remain and are much worse today” Munich, Germany (Special […]

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How Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Cashing in on Trump

How Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Cashing in on Trump

Fossil fuel billionaires are being rewarded for investing in Trump’s campaign. By Chuck Collins | – ( Otherwords.org ) – As he left office, President […]

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Syria after Assad: A fresh Chance for inclusive Governance and Power-Sharing, or more of the Same?

Syria after Assad: A fresh Chance for inclusive Governance and Power-Sharing, or more of the Same?

By Allison McCulloch, Brandon University and Dr. Sören Keil, University of Passau (The Conversation) – The end of a half-century of Assad family rule in […]

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