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Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”
Donald Trump

Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”

Juan Cole

Trump now has a similar choice, of whether he wants to spend trillions of dollars on a Napoleonic gamble in Iran.

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

02/19/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

02/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing  against Palestinians Escalate

Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing against Palestinians Escalate

Atrocities Against Palestinians with Impunity Challenge Rules-Based International Order

Human Rights Watch

Dissent
Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how Faith and Politics reshaped a Generation

The revolution and its social and political freedoms offered them a space to question everything, including how they relate to Islamic teachings

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

The people of Minneapolis and Palestine have both responded to occupation and state terror with extraordinary courage and love

Waging Nonviolence

Nuclear arsenal
Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

It’s the height of naivety to believe that a global system built on the supposed security of nuclear weapons can endure indefinitely

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Saudis to invest Billions in Renewable Power in Turkiye, incl. 2 Gigs of New Solar

Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

The sharp and unprecedented rise in the number of Palestinians killed, wounded, detained, and imprisoned

Middle East Monitor

Cities
Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Frontier smart city projects like Dunia and The Line have failed on fundamental governance issues such as legitimacy, inclusion, accountability

The Conversation

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When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud

When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud

Rabbinic authorities derived a broad prohibition against all forms of destruction and waste

Shamai Leibowitz

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