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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

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Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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5 Most alarming Developments in Iraq

5 Most alarming Developments in Iraq

By Juan Cole 1. Airstrikes killed 7 and wounded 30 in Mosul on Sunday. But it isn’t clear who was flying the planes! The US […]

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Arab Spring
Middle East Crisis:   Juan’s “Ask Me Anything” at Reddit Discussion

Middle East Crisis: Juan’s “Ask Me Anything” at Reddit Discussion

By Juan Cole Mirrored from LevantineWar at Reddit.com I am Juan Cole, author of the new book The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is […]

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Iraq
Shiite Volunteers: Asset for Iraqi Army or Drawback?

Shiite Volunteers: Asset for Iraqi Army or Drawback?

By Daoud al-Ali | Baghdad | niqash | Volunteers on the streets of Baghdad who have responded to the call to defend Iraq. Thousands of […]

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Highway Patrol Officer aims Knockout Punches at Woman along Freeway

Highway Patrol Officer aims Knockout Punches at Woman along Freeway

CNN: “A highway patrol officer was caught on camera hitting a woman with what a witness says were “knockout punches.” Aviva Shen at Thinkprogress writes: […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Generation Gap over Gen. al-Sisi: Arguing with your Mom

Egypt’s Generation Gap over Gen. al-Sisi: Arguing with your Mom

By Amr Kotb This conversation about the political situation in Egypt provides a good example of the generational gap numerous young Egyptians are struggeling with. […]

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Israel Lobby
Can Palestinians ever Get a Break in the American Press?

Can Palestinians ever Get a Break in the American Press?

By: Yazan al-Saadi As tragedy and uninterrupted terror strikes the besieged Palestinian population once more, Western media outlets have been busy producing and presenting articles […]

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Bring Back our Children: Palestine-Israel Children's Crusade by the Numbers

Bring Back our Children: Palestine-Israel Children’s Crusade by the Numbers

By Juan Cole The Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people and the conflict it produces has in the past week taken on a horror-film aspect, […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Top Things you need to know about the next Israeli-Palestinian crisis

Top Things you need to know about the next Israeli-Palestinian crisis

By Hugh Lovatt “Destroying Hamas infrastructure and removing its leaders could also lead to de-centralisation” The abduction and killing of three young Israelis has brought […]

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China’s New Soft Power:  Transformers 4, X-Men & Hollywood

China’s New Soft Power: Transformers 4, X-Men & Hollywood

By Chris Homewood, University of Leeds What do The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Godzilla have in common? Aside from belonging […]

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