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Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)
Donald Trump

Gaza, Yemen, Iran: Trump’s Opening Gambits in the Middle East (Juan Cole on The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini)

Juan Cole

Juan Cole Interviewed by Francesca Fiorentini: “The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini): How To Lose a Country In 100 Days with Josh Gondelman & Juan […]

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

The Gaza Precedent: Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid

05/18/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

The Gulf States have Long Boosted US Economic Dominance, even if not every President Got a Free Private Jet

05/18/2025 By The Conversation

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Pentagon Fears Climate Crisis, w/ Billions in Damage to US Bases & Societal Upheaval

Pentagon Fears Climate Crisis, w/ Billions in Damage to US Bases & Societal Upheaval

Hurricane Michael last year wrecked Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, which will cost more than $5 billion to rebuild.

AFP

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Iran: 'If US attacks us, Tel Aviv is Toast;' Israel: 'You do that and Iran is Toast'

Iran: ‘If US attacks us, Tel Aviv is Toast;’ Israel: ‘You do that and Iran is Toast’

Both of these politicians are behaving like five year olds

Juan Cole

Qatar
Qatar outflanks Saudi Boycott again, Concludes Strategic Pact with France

Qatar outflanks Saudi Boycott again, Concludes Strategic Pact with France

“This platform will include cooperation in different areas between the two countries, including defence security”

AFP

Pollution
No Insects, No Food: Pesticides, Deforestation have Caused Largest Extinction Event since Die-off of Dinosaurs

No Insects, No Food: Pesticides, Deforestation have Caused Largest Extinction Event since Die-off of Dinosaurs

The recent collapse, for example, of many bird species in France was traced to the use insecticides

Marlowe Hood

Israel/ Palestine
Israel to Legalize West Bank Squatter Settlements Built on Private Palestinian Land

Israel to Legalize West Bank Squatter Settlements Built on Private Palestinian Land

It was discovered that several areas that were thought to have been state lands were never seized by Israel

Maan News Agency

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Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can't Bring up AIPAC

Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can’t Bring up AIPAC

It is important to underline that relatively few American Jews support the tenets of the Israel lobbies

Juan Cole

women
"Women of Congress" (SNL Video)

“Women of Congress” (SNL Video)

First they were women, and then they were fed up women

Saturday Night Live

Israel/ Palestine
UNICEF Demands End to Violence against Palestinian Children

UNICEF Demands End to Violence against Palestinian Children

Hassan Iyad Shalbi, 13, and Hamza Muhammad Ishteiwi, 17, were shot and killed with live ammunition by Israeli force

Maan News Agency

Iran
How Iran’s Islamic Revolution is still Shaping the Middle East

How Iran’s Islamic Revolution is still Shaping the Middle East

After the war with Iraq, Tehran developed a “new strategy” aimed at confronting US influence around the region

AFP

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