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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring

Mohammed Samaana

Israel and its hard line supporters have long relied on weaponizing charges of antisemitism to silence critics

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

03/06/2026 By Juan Cole

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

03/06/2026 By Al-Shabaka

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Bombings shake Damascus, kill 70

Bombings shake Damascus, kill 70

The continuing turmoil in Syria turned even more deadly on Thursday morning when two enormous bombs were set off at a government intelligence building in […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The New Energy Wars (Klare)

The New Energy Wars (Klare)

Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: The Energy Wars Heat Up Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive By Michael T. […]

Juan Cole

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Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis (Serle)

Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Jounalism: For more than two decades Somalia has been pummelled by a bloody conflict. The country has […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Israeli government likely won't launch Iran attack

New Israeli government likely won’t launch Iran attack

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu moved from the far right to just the Right on Tuesday by bringing into his government the center-right Kadima Party, […]

Juan Cole

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Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)

Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com Plutonomy and the Precariat On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline By Noam Chomsky The Occupy movement has […]

Juan Cole

India
Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran

Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in India on Monday that New Delhi can reduce its oil imports from Iran further, pressuring that country to […]

Juan Cole

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How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)

How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia

Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia

The bad economy in France and outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to do a stimulus program, preferring instead “austerity,” were the primary reasons he lost […]

Juan Cole

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“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments”  (Kahlil Gibran Poster)

“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments” (Kahlil Gibran Poster)

From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.

Juan Cole

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