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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right
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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right

Juan Cole

Trump’s Gaza plans have no concrete reality, consisting of a mere Potemkin Village: the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza are sleeping rough

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

02/20/2026 By Nicolas J. S. Davies

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

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Top 7 Really Disturbing News from Iraq

Top 7 Really Disturbing News from Iraq

1. Last Wednesday Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki angrily lashed out at the Kurds, accusing them of harboring the terrorists of the so-called ‘Islamic State.’ Since […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobby
Gaza's Children Trapped by Israeli Airstrikes, Naval Bombardment, over 20 Dead

Gaza’s Children Trapped by Israeli Airstrikes, Naval Bombardment, over 20 Dead

By Sarah Lazare As the human rights crisis grows more acute in this besieged strip, the number of dead and injured children continues to rise […]

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Bill of Rights
NSA Spying: Now It's Personal

NSA Spying: Now It’s Personal

By Eva Galperin and Nadia Kayyali via EFF Imagine that you watched a police officer in your neighborhood stop ten completely ordinary people every day […]

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Christians
World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment

World Council of Churches Endorses Fossil Fuel Divestment

Geneva, Switzerland — The Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), a fellowship of over 300 churches which represent some 590 million people […]

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Dissent
Escaping Mosul and ISIS Assassination Campaigns

Escaping Mosul and ISIS Assassination Campaigns

niqash | Special Correspondent | Mosul | Refugees from the Ninawa province, of whihc Mosul is the capital, queue to get into Iraqi Kurdistan. One […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing

Israel’s Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing

by Juan Cole A horrible video is circulating on social media, of a Palestinian father in Gaza who is bringing a toy to his four […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Army: We have been instructed to Hit Hamas Hard

Israeli Army: We have been instructed to Hit Hamas Hard

By Robert Naiman The government of Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a new war on Palestinians in Gaza, a war whose purported justifications make George W. […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
American Torturers:   We're all Jack Bauer Now in The 25th Hour

American Torturers: We’re all Jack Bauer Now in The 25th Hour

By Rebecca Gordon Once upon a time, if a character on TV or in a movie tortured someone, it was a sure sign that he […]

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Afghanistan
Will Afghanistan Break up Too? Abdullah Threatens Rival Gov't As Kerry Raises "Concern"

Will Afghanistan Break up Too? Abdullah Threatens Rival Gov’t As Kerry Raises “Concern”

By Charles Recknagel As disappointed Abdullah Abdullah supporters label Afghanistan's early election results a "coup d'etat," there is every reason to take seriously their threats […]

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