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Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas
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Peacemaker or Pirate of the Caribbean? Trump Celebrates Murder on the Open Seas

Dan Dinello

US forces hit the targeted boat once, then hit it again — the second strike vaporizing two shipwrecked survivors clinging to the wreckage

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Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’

Review of ‘Transformed by the People: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Road to Power in Syria’

12/11/2025 By Middle East Monitor

“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony

“If I must die”: Poetry from Gaza creates an alternative Archive of Testimony

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Cold as Hell: North Dakota Burns up the World with Fracked Oil

Cold as Hell: North Dakota Burns up the World with Fracked Oil

By Laura Gottesdiener via Tomdispatch At 9 p.m. on that August night, when I arrived for my first shift as a cocktail waitress at Whispers, […]

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Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine

Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine

Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine Gush Shalom, Israel. Press Release, October 13, 2014 363 Israeli public […]

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Top 5 Ways Lower oil Prices Could  Change the World

Top 5 Ways Lower oil Prices Could Change the World

By Juan Cole Brent Crude has fallen to $90 a barrel as China’s and Asia’s slowing economic growth has reduced oil demand and production remains […]

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First-rate care on your doorstep when Cleveland Clinic opens in Abu Dhabi

First-rate care on your doorstep when Cleveland Clinic opens in Abu Dhabi

The Cleveland Clinic’s reputation for excellence in health care has been hard won and deserved. For the first time, the company is taking its brand […]

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Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night

Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night

Reuters Plus: “Israeli firm Brenmiller Energy aims to solve the conundrum of producing solar power at night with a new energy storage system that it […]

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Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill?

Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill?

Brave New Films “Instead of helping the mentally ill, police often put them behind bars. Watch how one police department is making a positive difference. […]

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Israeli Squatters beat up woman picking olives in Palestinian West Bank (400 Attacks a Year)

Israeli Squatters beat up woman picking olives in Palestinian West Bank (400 Attacks a Year)

SALFIT (Ma’an) — A large group of Israeli settlers on Saturday morning violently beat a young Palestinian woman while she was picking olives from trees […]

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The Wider Appeal of ISIL and Sunni Grievances

The Wider Appeal of ISIL and Sunni Grievances

By Juan Cole al-Quds al-`Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] reports on the appeal of ISIL to Salafi hard line Sunni Muslims. In a worrisome development, radicals throughout […]

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