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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran:  The Election Trump did succeed in Spoiling

Iran: The Election Trump did succeed in Spoiling

Oxford, U.K (Special to Informed Comment) – Although Iran is one of the few countries in the Middle East that has regular presidential, parliamentary and […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A primer on the long-standing dispute over Gaza (Video: U-Michigan Interviews Juan Cole)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A primer on the long-standing dispute over Gaza (Video: U-Michigan Interviews Juan Cole)

“Since May 10, more than 200 Palestinians and a dozen Israelis have died in fighting in Israel and the occupied territories. Juan Cole, the Richard […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
The Emperor's New Rules:  America's "Rules-Based Order" has Blind Spots

The Emperor’s New Rules: America’s “Rules-Based Order” has Blind Spots

( Code Pink) – The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Arms Sales
America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales) . . .  And Again… and Again… and Again

America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales) . . . And Again… and Again… and Again

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When it comes to trade in the tools of death and destruction, no one tops the United States of America. In […]

William D. Hartung

BDS
In Victory for American Freedom, Judge Mark Cohen Calls "Unconstitutional" Georgia's Ban on Boycotting Israel for Brutalizing Palestinians

In Victory for American Freedom, Judge Mark Cohen Calls “Unconstitutional” Georgia’s Ban on Boycotting Israel for Brutalizing Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ross Williams at the Georgia Reporter writes that federal judge Mark Cohen on Monday characterized as unconstitutional a Georgia state […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse

Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse

( Middle East Monitor ) – It is common these days to compare the institutional racism in Israel, and its occupation of Palestine, to Apartheid […]

Thembisa Fakude

International Criminal Court
Gaza Hostilities Underscore Role of Int'l Criminal Court

Gaza Hostilities Underscore Role of Int’l Criminal Court

By Balkees Jarrah | – Associate Director, International Justice Program | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Israeli forces have launched relentless airstrikes in […]

Human Rights Watch

Islamophobia
Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper

Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper

By Caleb Elfenbein | – A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its top executives in federal court over the company’s failure to crack […]

The Conversation

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Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador, Fines for importing Settler-made Goods

Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador, Fines for importing Settler-made Goods

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The recent Israeli assault on the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the bombardment of Gaza, has stirred […]

Juan Cole

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