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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman
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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

H. Patricia Hynes

Francesca Albanese stands head and shoulders with the great Nobel-Prize women.  Women won for her dedication to international peace

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

02/14/2026 By Juan Cole

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

02/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Islam-hatred
Court allows Glenn Beck to be Sued For Defamation By Saudi He Constantly Defamed

Court allows Glenn Beck to be Sued For Defamation By Saudi He Constantly Defamed

By Cenk Uygur (The Young Turks) | — “”The conservative commentator Glenn Beck failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by […]

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Democratic Party
The Beltway Beast:  How two Tribes in D.C. are Destroying the Middle Class

The Beltway Beast: How two Tribes in D.C. are Destroying the Middle Class

By Munir Moon The area inside the Beltway consists of Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties, and what I call the Beast includes defense contractors, lobbyists, […]

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Arab Spring
Cole at the Nation:  Egyptian Left Plans Mock Trial of Mubarak

Cole at the Nation: Egyptian Left Plans Mock Trial of Mubarak

By Juan Cole | — My blog entry at The Nation is out: “After Acquittal, Egypt’s New Left Vows Mock Trial of Mubarak” Excerpt: “A […]

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Iran-Iraq War 2.0?  Iran Flies bombing Raids on Extremists in Iraq

Iran-Iraq War 2.0? Iran Flies bombing Raids on Extremists in Iraq

By Juan Cole | — The US Pentagon is confirming that Iranian F-4 fighter jets have flown bombing missions against Daesh or the so-called ‘Islamic […]

Juan Cole

European Union
In Rebuke to Israel, French Parliament votes Resolution to Recognize Palestine

In Rebuke to Israel, French Parliament votes Resolution to Recognize Palestine

Euronews / France24 | — VIDEO 1 (Euronews): “French MPs vote to recognise Palestinian state The French parliament has voted in favour of recognising the […]

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Colonialism
ISIL, Coins, and the Caliphate: Banking on Idealism

ISIL, Coins, and the Caliphate: Banking on Idealism

By Tareq A. Ramadan It has been recently reported by Daesh (what most Arabs call the self-styled “Islamic State Group” or IS) that it will […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan:  Can a Bastion of Tolerance and Democracy survive in the Middle East?

Iraqi Kurdistan: Can a Bastion of Tolerance and Democracy survive in the Middle East?

By Richard Foltz | — Having committed ourselves to military involvement in Iraq, we in North America should be asking ourselves exactly what goals we […]

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Climate Change
Antarctica Glaciers Melting 3 Times Faster than 10 Years Ago

Antarctica Glaciers Melting 3 Times Faster than 10 Years Ago

American Geophysical Union | — West Antarctic melt rate has tripled “Joint Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – A comprehensive, 21-year analysis of the fastest-melting region […]

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Israel
Jewish Terrorists set Fire to joint Arab-Jewish School in Jerusalem

Jewish Terrorists set Fire to joint Arab-Jewish School in Jerusalem

Euronews | — “An integrated Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem has been vandalised by suspected Jewish extremists who set fire to a classroom. It happened late […]

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