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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?
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Has the Arab Gulf’s Balancing Act with Iran Ended?

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

From diplomatic architects to shock absorbers – Iranian missiles raining down on the Gulf Cooperation Council , targeting US military facilities

You Deserve Better, Iran

You Deserve Better, Iran

03/03/2026 By contributors

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

Daniel Ellsberg Speaks to Us as the War on Iran Continues

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British Cabinet Member Resigns over UK Gov't Gaza Stance, wanted to go to ICC

British Cabinet Member Resigns over UK Gov’t Gaza Stance, wanted to go to ICC

Channel 4 News “Sayeeda Warsi, the minister who quit over Gaza, says she had to stand down because of the UK’s “indefensible” position. Watch her […]

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Apartheid
Israel Still Holding Gaza Civilians Hostage, Doesn't Get Geneva Conventions

Israel Still Holding Gaza Civilians Hostage, Doesn’t Get Geneva Conventions

By Juan Cole The Israeli government is saying that it will only let in building materials so that Palestinians in Gaza can rebuild or repair […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War

Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War

By Juan Cole Calls by Israeli politicians in mainstream positions for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Product Placement takes over the Media & subverts the News (John Oliver)

Product Placement takes over the Media & subverts the News (John Oliver)

By John Oliver “The line between editorial content and advertising in news media is blurrier and blurrier. That’s not bullshit. It’s repurposed bovine waste.” HBO: […]

contributors

Apartheid
"We are all Gaza":  West Bank protests Israeli Brutality, Divide & Rule Tactics

“We are all Gaza”: West Bank protests Israeli Brutality, Divide & Rule Tactics

By Daoud Kuttab (Maan News Agency) Analysis: Gaza and the West Bank are one political entity The admission was buried deep in a long drawn […]

contributors

Apartheid
The Battered People of Gaza:  "We're not Abandoning the Resistance & No Peace until the Blockade is Lifted"

The Battered People of Gaza: “We’re not Abandoning the Resistance & No Peace until the Blockade is Lifted”

Paul Mason, Channel 4 News (Gaza City) “In the destroyed suburb of Zeitoun in Gaza City Paul Mason finds local support for Hamas still strong.” […]

contributors

Apartheid
Israel's Indiscriminate Killing of Civilians is a Feature, not a Bug of its Strategy (The Young Turks)

Israel’s Indiscriminate Killing of Civilians is a Feature, not a Bug of its Strategy (The Young Turks)

By Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks “As Israel showed signs of scaling back its ground offensive in Gaza, its war from the skies continued Sunday, […]

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Arab Spring
Q & A w/ Juan Cole on “The New Arabs”:  If Elders in Mideast Can’t Get it Done, will the Youth?

Q & A w/ Juan Cole on “The New Arabs”: If Elders in Mideast Can’t Get it Done, will the Youth?

by *JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary Column » By the Book “Many Palestinians see the Israelis as aggressive colonizers of Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Top 5 Ways the US is Israel's Accomplice in War Crimes in Gaza

Top 5 Ways the US is Israel’s Accomplice in War Crimes in Gaza

By Juan Cole The US State Department became a little testy with Israel on Sunday over the 6th school shelling by the Israeli military, which […]

Juan Cole

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