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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals
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As Trump urges End to Gaza Fighting, Half a Million Face Starvation and Israel bombs more Hospitals

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as President Trump and members of his entourage in Doha, Qatar, discussed how to end the Israeli war on […]

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO  $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

US Court fines Israeli Spyware Firm NSO $167mn for Targeting Whatsapp

05/15/2025 By Juan Cole

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

Pope Leo XIV’s Link to Haiti is Part of a broader American Story of Race, Citizenship and Migration

05/15/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel’s actions against UN Peacekeepers suggest it may seek to Occupy Southern Lebanon

Israel’s actions against UN Peacekeepers suggest it may seek to Occupy Southern Lebanon

By Vanessa Newby, Leiden University and Chiara Ruffa, Sciences Po | – (The Conversation) – The United Nations security council has expressed strong concern for […]

The Conversation

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Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki see themselves in the Palestinians of Gaza

Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki see themselves in the Palestinians of Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The decision of the Truman administration to use nuclear weapons on the civilian cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Aggression tops new Mexican President’s Agenda: wants to Recognize Palestine

Gaza Aggression tops new Mexican President’s Agenda: wants to Recognize Palestine

by Eman Abusidu EmAbusidu ( Middle East Monitor ) – Just days after her inauguration as the first female president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum called […]

Middle East Monitor

Sudan
Sudan’s Brutal War has become many Wars, making Peace even harder to Reach

Sudan’s Brutal War has become many Wars, making Peace even harder to Reach

By Justin Willis, Durham University and Sharath Srinivasan, University of Cambridge | – (The Conversation) – Sudan’s war runs grimly on. The two main protagonists […]

The Conversation

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Israelis Burn up Refugee Tents in Central Gaza, as they Plan Ethnic Cleansing of North

Israelis Burn up Refugee Tents in Central Gaza, as they Plan Ethnic Cleansing of North

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One reason why Palestinians in northern Gaza are resisting attempts of the Israelis to expel hundreds of thousands of them […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Leaders have everything to lose in a direct War with Israel; Why take such a Massive Risk?

Iran’s Leaders have everything to lose in a direct War with Israel; Why take such a Massive Risk?

Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deakin University | – (The Conversation) – With Iran’s firing of some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel overnight, the Middle East is again […]

Shahram Akbarzadeh

Israel/ Palestine
War Effect: Fear of Brain Drain as Twice as many Israelis Emigrate in 2024, Transfer $7 bn Abroad

War Effect: Fear of Brain Drain as Twice as many Israelis Emigrate in 2024, Transfer $7 bn Abroad

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli data revealed a sharp increase in emigration from Israel abroad since the beginning of the year, reaching a […]

Middle East Monitor

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Juan Cole:  Israel's Invasions of Lebanon Produce Radicalization, Help Iran and End Badly (ScheerPost)

Juan Cole: Israel’s Invasions of Lebanon Produce Radicalization, Help Iran and End Badly (ScheerPost)

Bob Scheer’s long interview with me, “Where is the Middle East Heading?” is available at ScheerPost. I’m providing an excerpt below, but be sure to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Netanyahu’s Ambitions in Lebanon undermine Biden’s Middle East Strategy

How Netanyahu’s Ambitions in Lebanon undermine Biden’s Middle East Strategy

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The Biden administration’s approach to the Middle East crisis that erupted in the wake of October 7, 2023 […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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