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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting
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The Israeli Military’s Denial of the Gaza Death Toll was always to Shape Western News Reporting

Juan Cole

The horrid Bill Maher and his guest Van Jones even guffawed about dead Gaza babies.

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

US military Action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global Nuclear Cascade

01/31/2026 By The Conversation

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

Dance and Music are potent forms of cultural Defiance in Palestine

01/31/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

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How US Grand Strategy in Syria led to the idea of Missile Strikes

How US Grand Strategy in Syria led to the idea of Missile Strikes

Are there any grand strategy considerations behind the Obama administration’s desire to bomb Syria? Yes, though they rest on doubtful premises. The increasing importance of […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Congress Could now Alter our Militarized approach to the Middle East– But likely Won’t (Bacevich)

Congress Could now Alter our Militarized approach to the Middle East– But likely Won’t (Bacevich)

Andrew J. Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch Sometimes history happens at the moment when no one is looking.  On weekends in late August, the president of […]

Juan Cole

Gulf
Can you Pass the Qatar Quiz?  (Rudolph)

Can you Pass the Qatar Quiz? (Rudolph)

CAN YOU PASS THE QATAR QUIZ? By Jeffrey Rudolph Qatar, once one of the poorest Persian Gulf states, has become one of the region’s wealthiest […]

Juan Cole

Syria
When Syria was a US Ally (or at Least Helpful)

When Syria was a US Ally (or at Least Helpful)

One of George Orwell’s keenest insights in 1984 is the kaleidoscopic character of modern state-to-state relations, wherein countries go from being allies to enemies and […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
NSA Spying: Indian Gov't Bans Employee Google Use as Euro Parliament Weighs Law Fining Cooperative Firms

NSA Spying: Indian Gov’t Bans Employee Google Use as Euro Parliament Weighs Law Fining Cooperative Firms

The rest of the world is much more appalled at the spying of the National Security Agency on telephone, email, web browsers and other personal […]

Juan Cole

Israel
American Jews Divided on Syria Strike, Many Oppose AIPAC

American Jews Divided on Syria Strike, Many Oppose AIPAC

That the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is pushing Congress toward attacking Syria is no secret. As usual, however, AIPAC is out of touch […]

Juan Cole

Syria
On Obama's attack on Syria:  Donohue/ Bacevich

On Obama’s attack on Syria: Donohue/ Bacevich

At Bill Moyers’ site, Phil Donohue interviews military historian Andrew Bacevich about President Obama’s plans to attack Syria: From the transcript: “PHIL DONAHUE: Welcome. I’m […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
A New Red-Green Alliance: Why Workers should Join the Climate Fight (Klein)

A New Red-Green Alliance: Why Workers should Join the Climate Fight (Klein)

The following remarks were delivered by Naomi Klein on September 1, 2013 at the founding convention of UNIFOR, a new mega union created by the […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Isolated at G20 on Syria, No 'Coalition of the Willing'

Obama Isolated at G20 on Syria, No ‘Coalition of the Willing’

President Obama found himself isolated on the Syria issue at the G20 conference in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Among the world’s largest 20 economies, only […]

Juan Cole

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