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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

11/12/2025 By The Conversation

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

11/12/2025 By Juan Cole

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Israelis cancel VIP Pass for Palestinian Foreign Minister for consulting with Int'l Criminal Court

Israelis cancel VIP Pass for Palestinian Foreign Minister for consulting with Int’l Criminal Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Naila Khalil reports at al-`Arabi al-Jadid (The New Arab) reports from Ramallah that Israel has withdraw the VIP Pass from […]

Juan Cole

Banking
An Open Letter to Senator Joe Manchin: Stop worrying about Inflation and Focus on Keeping Hurting Workers Afloat

An Open Letter to Senator Joe Manchin: Stop worrying about Inflation and Focus on Keeping Hurting Workers Afloat

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Dear Senator Manchin; Corporate media now portray you as on of the most powerful politicians in DC. […]

John Buell

Republican Party
A Mob Is Coming for Your Voting Rights

A Mob Is Coming for Your Voting Rights

( Otherwords.org ) – In February, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico during the deep freeze that […]

Jim Hightower

China
Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion:  China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power

Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion: China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power

( Tomdispatch.com) – Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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Tens of Thousands Protest "Crime Minister" Netanyahu in Israel as his Political Survival hangs in Balance

Tens of Thousands Protest “Crime Minister” Netanyahu in Israel as his Political Survival hangs in Balance

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday at various places against Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is being tried for corruption, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's Occupation of Young Palestinians is Damaging their Mental Health and Wellbeing

How Israel’s Occupation of Young Palestinians is Damaging their Mental Health and Wellbeing

( Middle East Monitor ) -There is a major mental health crisis brewing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. A study published in […]

Asa Winstanley

Asian-Americans
Anti-Asian violence shares the same roots as the hatred plaguing all communities of color

Anti-Asian violence shares the same roots as the hatred plaguing all communities of color

By Emma Jordan-Simpson and Cathy Kim | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Prejudice against Asian-Americans is nothing new. Sadly it is as American as […]

Waging Nonviolence

Asian-Americans
Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn't add up

Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn’t add up

By Niral Shah | – The narrative that “Asians are good at math” is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. […]

The Conversation

censorship
International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France

International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France

By Paola Bacchetta (Professor, University of California, Berkeley), Azeezah Kanji (Legal Academic and Journalist, Toronto) and David Palumbo-Liu (Professor, Stanford University) | – Earliest Signatories: […]

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