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Juan Cole

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Can Palestinians be Killed?  Can Israelis Kill them? Or do they only “Die”?

Can Palestinians be Killed? Can Israelis Kill them? Or do they only “Die”?

Juan Cole

British newspapers of the colonial era also called the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre “the Amritsar Riot”

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The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews  from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them

The Half-Millennium When Rome excluded Jews from Jerusalem and how Iran and Muslims Saved Them

Juan Cole

For hundreds of years under the Romans, whether pagan or Christian, the city was made completely devoid of Jews, at least by law

Donald Trump
Kelly's "Family Separation"  recalls Slave Era practice of Selling Parents down the River

Kelly’s “Family Separation” recalls Slave Era practice of Selling Parents down the River

Juan Cole

Kelly bizarrely defended Confederate slave drivers as having lived at a time before the evils of slavery were apparent to moral people

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Muslim Clerics condemn Suicide Bombing, Targeting Civilians as Violations of Islamic Law

Muslim Clerics condemn Suicide Bombing, Targeting Civilians as Violations of Islamic Law

Juan Cole

Indonesia hosted a conference of 70 prominent Muslim clergymen from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia to combat extremism

Iran
Why there isn't likely to be a conventional War between Israel and Iran

Why there isn’t likely to be a conventional War between Israel and Iran

Juan Cole

Despite the saber rattling, a large-scale ground war appears unlikely

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Costa Rica's new President Promises 100% Green Energy, aims to be 1st such Nation

Costa Rica’s new President Promises 100% Green Energy, aims to be 1st such Nation

Juan Cole

He said that he wants his government to have a plan for moving toward a completely renewables-based society within six months

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Trump Warmonger moves on Iran are from Iraq Playbook

Trump Warmonger moves on Iran are from Iraq Playbook

Juan Cole

The stage is set.

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No, Iran and Hizbullah haven't taken over Lebanon: it is a multiparty Election

No, Iran and Hizbullah haven’t taken over Lebanon: it is a multiparty Election

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia’s weird kidnapping of Sunni leader hurt him at polls

Corruption
Treason: Obama Iran Deal Officials allegedly targeted by Trump via Israeli Black Cube

Treason: Obama Iran Deal Officials allegedly targeted by Trump via Israeli Black Cube

Juan Cole

They thought would be easier to convince the US to pull out of the deal if the bureaucrats involved in crafting it were discredited

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