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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel's New Secular Government: Lieberman Crows that he Sidelined Fundamentalist Ultra-Orthodox and, read his lips: "No new taxes"

Israel’s New Secular Government: Lieberman Crows that he Sidelined Fundamentalist Ultra-Orthodox and, read his lips: “No new taxes”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A lot of attention is focused on Naftali Bennett, the new prime minister of Israel. But it should be remembered […]

Juan Cole

Iran
What NPR's "All Things Considered" won't Tell you about the Iran Nuclear Issue (Like that Iran is Weak and has no Nukes while Israel is advanced and Does)

What NPR’s “All Things Considered” won’t Tell you about the Iran Nuclear Issue (Like that Iran is Weak and has no Nukes while Israel is advanced and Does)

Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) – What news audiences of National Public Radio (NPR)’s All Things Considered have and have not heard about […]

John Hickman

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza's children narrate how they survived the Israeli assault

Gaza’s children narrate how they survived the Israeli assault

Wafa Aludaini | (Gaza) | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel bombardment of Gaza has ended, but the pain and destruction remain. The […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
Israel's Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain

Israel’s Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain

By David Mednicoff | (The Conversation) – After two years of repeated and inconclusive Israeli elections, the advent of a new coalition government has ended […]

The Conversation

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Ta'seel Interview with Juan Cole on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (Video)

Ta’seel Interview with Juan Cole on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires (Video)

Ta’seel Commons | – A wide-ranging and in-depth discussion with Prof. Juan Cole on his recent book “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of […]

Juan Cole

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Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?

Could Putin woo Turkey from Biden and NATO?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The Turks seem to be weary of the alliance with the United States. Although it is still a NATO […]

Nikola Mikovic

US politics
Is America's Big Problem Really overly generous Unemployment Benefits?

Is America’s Big Problem Really overly generous Unemployment Benefits?

Ending enhanced unemployment benefits has become the signature economic agenda for the GOP, a party with little else to promote. Unfortunately the largely low- key […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
"Ten degrees more right-wing than" Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition

“Ten degrees more right-wing than” Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition

Editor’s Update: The Naftali Bennett government was voted in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13 by the Israeli parliament or Knesset. – JRIC By […]

Open Democracy

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Israel's New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians

Israel’s New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new government of extreme-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, set to be approved on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli parliament, […]

Juan Cole

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