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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?
Donald Trump

Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?

Peiman Salehi

Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.

Iran Strike: Democrats call for immediate Vote on Trump War Powers

Iran Strike: Democrats call for immediate Vote on Trump War Powers

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The Nihilism of Trump’s War Games

The Nihilism of Trump’s War Games

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S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam

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The edited clip of that speech ricocheted across social media, falsely suggesting

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International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but its territory is disappearing like sand in an hourglass

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Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1

Juan Cole

BDS
How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

Under pressure from local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds.

Waging Nonviolence

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Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume

Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume

As Israel attempts to push the US into war with Iran, it’s worth considering how Tehran could retaliate

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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

Francesca Albanese stands head and shoulders with the great Nobel-Prize women.  Women won for her dedication to international peace

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Iran
“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

Like cascading waters, or a desert squall another day of my life has fled.

Juan Cole

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