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Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”
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Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Juan Cole

Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1

How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

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Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume

Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume

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US Solar Energy Grew A Mind-Boggling  418% From 2010-2014

US Solar Energy Grew A Mind-Boggling 418% From 2010-2014

Solar energy’s rapid growth in America is evident – even casual observers will note the proliferation of solar photovoltaics (PV) across the country. But sheer size is usually illustrated best by statistics, and in this case, the stat is 418% That…

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq:  Baghdad's Troubled Election Campaign Marred by Bombings that killed Dozens

Iraq: Baghdad’s Troubled Election Campaign Marred by Bombings that killed Dozens

Euronews film clip: “Three explosions in Baghdad have killed dozens of people as they were leaving an election rally in the east of the capital. […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
When will Israel Stop Shooting at Gaza Civilians?

When will Israel Stop Shooting at Gaza Civilians?

(By Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch) (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military should immediately stop shooting at Palestinian civilians inside Gaza. Israeli military forces have […]

Juan Cole

censorship
How Iran's Gadget Bloggers Became Victims of the Revolutionary Guard

How Iran’s Gadget Bloggers Became Victims of the Revolutionary Guard

Narenji (“Orange”) was Iran’s top website for gadget news, edited daily by a team of tech bloggers who worked from a cramped office in the country’s city of Kerman. The site was targeted at Iran’s growing audience of technology enthusiasts. Like Gizmodo…

Juan Cole

Featured
Top 5 Signs Cliven Bundy is Wrong about African-Americans

Top 5 Signs Cliven Bundy is Wrong about African-Americans

Cliven Bundy told the NYT, “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. […]

Juan Cole

media
Jon Stewart v. Hannity on Bundy & Law Enforcement: “Proportionality”

Jon Stewart v. Hannity on Bundy & Law Enforcement: “Proportionality”

Jon Stewart examines whether Sean Hannity really is concerned, as he says, only with the disproportionate use of force by law enforcement, in the Cliven […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
The Cost of Whistleblowing: Being consigned to the Minimum-Wage Underclass

The Cost of Whistleblowing: Being consigned to the Minimum-Wage Underclass

(By Peter van Buren via Tomdispatch) There are many sides to whistleblowing. The one that most people don’t know about is the very personal cost, […]

Juan Cole

racism
GOP Divided on Whether to Support Cliven Bundy's "Negro" Remarks

GOP Divided on Whether to Support Cliven Bundy’s “Negro” Remarks

Cliven Bundy wonders if blacks were ‘better off as slaves’: Republican supporters start fleeing (via The Moderate Voice) More responsible Republicans are now starting to […]

Juan Cole

Islam
The Coming Holy War over al-Aqsa Mosque/ Temple Mount in Jerusalem

The Coming Holy War over al-Aqsa Mosque/ Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Events of the past week in Jerusalem are extremely troubling, and indeed for the past four months. The al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site […]

Juan Cole

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