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First Circuit Judges Strike down Israel Lobby Suit against MIT for Permitting Gaza Protests
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First Circuit Judges Strike down Israel Lobby Suit against MIT for Permitting Gaza Protests

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Erik Uebelacker at Courthouse News Service reports that a three-judge appeals panel of the US Court of Appeals, First Circuit, […]

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International Activists confront Israeli impunity in the West Bank

International Activists confront Israeli impunity in the West Bank

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How Wildfires and other Climate Disasters put Health Systems under extreme Pressure

How Wildfires and other Climate Disasters put Health Systems under extreme Pressure

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No, Trump isn't Bringing Troops home: Not those in Syria, or any of the 60,000 in the Mideast

No, Trump isn’t Bringing Troops home: Not those in Syria, or any of the 60,000 in the Mideast

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although Trump keeps talking about bringing the troops home from the Middle East, that isn’t what he is doing. There […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
An Arab Autumn:The Hidden Political Poison That Iraq And Lebanon Are Really Protesting About

An Arab Autumn:The Hidden Political Poison That Iraq And Lebanon Are Really Protesting About

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – This month Iraq and Lebanon have anti-government protests in common. Partially that’s due to the ineffective […]

Niqash

Culture
The Rats of Oran: The Far Right's War on Culture

The Rats of Oran: The Far Right’s War on Culture

By John Feffer | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The far right is on a roll. Just a few years ago, liberals and conservatives would have […]

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Islam
Archeology and Early Islam: A Yemeni Inscription to “Wadd,” the love god Denounced in the Qur’an

Archeology and Early Islam: A Yemeni Inscription to “Wadd,” the love god Denounced in the Qur’an

In the Qur’an, the chapter of Noah (71) contains a denunciation of the worship of a set of gods, most of which are not attested […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump hands Oil & Gas to Syria & Russia as he claims "We’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East"

Trump hands Oil & Gas to Syria & Russia as he claims “We’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump claimed that “we’ve taken control of the oil in the Middle East” as a result of his greenlight to […]

Juan Cole

Fossil Fuels
Fueling Global Heating: Our Tax System Rewards the Biggest Carbon Criminals

Fueling Global Heating: Our Tax System Rewards the Biggest Carbon Criminals

By Charlie Simmons | – ( Otherwords.org) – Last year, the biggest fossil fuel companies paid zero dollars in taxes — and actually received billions […]

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Democracy
Tunisia Had Successful Democratic Elections, but can the New President face down the Political Elites

Tunisia Had Successful Democratic Elections, but can the New President face down the Political Elites

By Omar Safi | – The election of Kais Saied, a 61-year-old former law professor and political outsider, to the Tunisian presidency was not surprising: […]

The Conversation

Lebanon
Lebanon: Security Forces Use Excessive Force Against Protesters

Lebanon: Security Forces Use Excessive Force Against Protesters

Riot Police Fired on Crowds with Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets

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Barack Obama
No, Trump's Withdrawal from Syria is not Like Obama Leaving Iraq

No, Trump’s Withdrawal from Syria is not Like Obama Leaving Iraq

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some observers are likening Trump’s abrupt departure from Syria and President Barack Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq in 2011. The two […]

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