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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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Iraq
Iraq Bombings unlikely to Change Minds on US Troop Withdrawal

Iraq Bombings unlikely to Change Minds on US Troop Withdrawal

Some 80 people were killed and over two hundred wounded on Monday in a clearly coordinated set of bombings and attacks in 17 Iraqi cities. […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Rebels Advance, Surround Tripoli, as Qaddafi Totters

Rebels Advance, Surround Tripoli, as Qaddafi Totters

The long slow slog of the Libyan struggle to throw off the rule of Muammar Qaddafi, accelerated this weekend, possibly decisively, with rebel forces making […]

Juan Cole

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Rick Perry and the Hucksterism of the Rich

Rick Perry and the Hucksterism of the Rich

Rick Perry’s announcement of his presidential ambitions marks the triumph of fantasy over reality in American politics. Among our more pressing problems are global climate […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq declines to Cut Syria Off

Iraq declines to Cut Syria Off

As Syria passed another bloody Friday of protests, Arab journalists and now the New York Times are noting that the Iraqi government of PM Nouri […]

Juan Cole

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Paul, Santorum and the Sixth War (on Iran)

Paul, Santorum and the Sixth War (on Iran)

One of the places foreign policy emerged in the GOP Iowa debate last night was an exchange between Ron Paul and Rick Santorum on Iran, […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Obama may Call for al-Asad to step down

Obama may Call for al-Asad to step down

President Barack Obama is seriously considering calling publicly for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to step down, according to press reports. He is said to be […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Jordan Plans Green Star Trek Theme Park

Jordan Plans Green Star Trek Theme Park

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has big plans to renovate the port of Aqaba, and among them is the building of a $1.5 billion Star […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
London Riots: Its the Economy, Stupid (Not a Clash of Civilizations)

London Riots: Its the Economy, Stupid (Not a Clash of Civilizations)

The unfortunate riots in Tottenham in London tell us a great deal about the problems of immigrant communities, and what they say to us most […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
50 US & NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan in Past Week

50 US & NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan in Past Week

Another US helicopter got into trouble on Sunday, and had to make a hard landing in the eastern Paktia province, though no one aboard was […]

Juan Cole

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