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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

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How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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Israeli firms get top honors at premier cyber-security show

Israeli firms get top honors at premier cyber-security show

Statistics show that Israel is a global cyber-defense power, said head of the National Cyber Bureau

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Write French? Open a blog on The Times of Israel Français

Write French? Open a blog on The Times of Israel Français

Got something of value to say? Use our journalistic blog platform and spread the word

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As Egyptian Gov't Falls, Leftist Presidential Candidate seeks Youth Vote

As Egyptian Gov’t Falls, Leftist Presidential Candidate seeks Youth Vote

(Via AFP) Egypt presidential hopeful fears return to autocracy (via AFP) Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi said he fears a return to autocratic rule in Egypt, […]

Juan Cole

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The Decline and Fall of the Turkish Model

The Decline and Fall of the Turkish Model

(By Erdağ Göknar for IslamiCommentary) Erdağ Göknar Most observers agree that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has mishandled the current political crisis. The […]

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Darkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2

Darkening of Melting Arctic Amplifying Global Warming from CO2

(By Jacob Chamberlain) One of nature's key defenses against global warming—the reflection of the sun's rays away from Earth by Arctic sea ice—has fallen victim […]

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Crime
4 Darknesses:  Internet being Manipulated, Deceived by Western Intel Trolls

4 Darknesses: Internet being Manipulated, Deceived by Western Intel Trolls

(By Juan Cole) Researchers on online behavior have shown that internet trolls (people who use insincere techniques to disrupt conversations) really are psychopaths, marked by […]

Juan Cole

Saudis 'seek Pakistani arms for Syrian rebels'

Saudis 'seek Pakistani arms for Syrian rebels'

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is in talks with Pakistan to provide anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets to Syrian rebels to try to tip the balance in the […]

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Turkey: Legislating the End of Democracy - 3 Laws for One-Party Rule

Turkey: Legislating the End of Democracy – 3 Laws for One-Party Rule

(By Ola Claësson) The government’s response to the Gezi protests in June 2013 and its obstruction of a graft probe targeting ministers in December the […]

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Africa
A World built on Slavery

A World built on Slavery

(By Greg Grandin) Many in the United States were outraged by the remarks of conservative evangelical preacher Pat Robertson, who blamed Haiti’s catastrophic 2010 earthquake […]

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