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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

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As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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Palestine 1896

Palestine 1896

First film footage taken of Ottoman Palestine (Lumiere Bros.), in 1896. Palestine 1896 h/t William Dalrymple Kemal Karpat wrote that according to the Ottoman Census […]

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The Map:  A Palestinian Nation Thwarted & Speaking Truth to Power

The Map: A Palestinian Nation Thwarted & Speaking Truth to Power

By Juan Cole Reprint edn. … As part of my original posting, I mirrored a map of modern Palestinian history that has the virtue of […]

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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 […]

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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
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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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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 […]

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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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