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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?
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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Dan Steinbock

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

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Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

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Censorship:  Turkish PM, President tangle over Bruited ban on Facebook, Youtube

Censorship: Turkish PM, President tangle over Bruited ban on Facebook, Youtube

(By Juan Cole) President Abdullah Gul has rejected a suggestion by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey might ban Facebook and Twitter. Nearly half of […]

Juan Cole

military
The Tea Party Congress Slashed Childrens' Food Stamps but secretly Protected Pentagon Budget

The Tea Party Congress Slashed Childrens’ Food Stamps but secretly Protected Pentagon Budget

(By Mattea Kramer) Washington is pushing the panic button, claiming austerity is hollowing out our armed forces and our national security is at risk. That […]

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Israel
Israel West Bank Squatter population grows over 4%

Israel West Bank Squatter population grows over 4%

Israel’s settler population in the occupied West Bank increased by 4.2 percent in 2013, interior ministry figures show, as US-backed peace talks with the Palestinians falter over the settlement issue. The number of settlers living in the West Bank rose…

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
US Drone  Kills 5 Allied Afghan Troops, mistaking them for Taliban

US Drone Kills 5 Allied Afghan Troops, mistaking them for Taliban

A NATO air strike in eastern Afghanistan accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers on Thursday, officials said, the latest incident likely to worsen already fraught relations between Kabul and the US-led coalition. NATO offered its condolences over the…

Juan Cole

Eastern Europe
US Hypocrisy on Crimean secession move:  Washington Supported Break-up of Sudan, Yugoslavia, Iraq

US Hypocrisy on Crimean secession move: Washington Supported Break-up of Sudan, Yugoslavia, Iraq

(By Juan Cole) Russia has arranged for its supporters in the Crimean state parliament to vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia, and has […]

Juan Cole

Economy
The Tea Party Just Turned Five — Is it Winning its War on Workers and Minorities?

The Tea Party Just Turned Five — Is it Winning its War on Workers and Minorities?

Some date the advent of the tea party to 2007, when then-presidential candidate Ron Paul held a “tax day tea party” fundraiser to fill his campaign coffers. But the broader movement began five years ago last week — shortly after Barack Obama was…

Juan Cole

CIA
Rachel Maddow: CIA spying on Congress ‘is death of the Republic stuff’

Rachel Maddow: CIA spying on Congress ‘is death of the Republic stuff’

A dispute between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Senate Intelligence Committee may have spilled into dangerous territory, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said on Wednesday, following a New York Times report that agency operatives gained access…

Juan Cole

Iran
The New Cold War and the Middle East

The New Cold War and the Middle East

(By Victor Argo) Cold War times are back in Europe. Russian troops are standing in Crimea. The peninsula in southern Ukraine is known for its […]

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Climate Change
Ukraine Crisis Shows Urgency of Green Energy:  Russian Nat'l Gas Blackmail

Ukraine Crisis Shows Urgency of Green Energy: Russian Nat’l Gas Blackmail

(By Juan Cole) Hawks are complaining that Europe has been insufficiently belligerent in its response to Russian moves in the Crimea, blaming the declining military […]

Juan Cole

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