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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus

Juan Cole

An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical

01/07/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk

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Afghanistan
Obama’s MacArthur Moment?  McChrystal Disses Biden

Obama’s MacArthur Moment? McChrystal Disses Biden

Gen. Stanley McChrystal is apologizing for remarks he made in a Rolling Stone interview denigrating Vice President Joe Biden and US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Makes Small Change to Gaza Blockade<br/> Brands Lebanese Women's Aid Mission 'Hizbullah'

Israel Makes Small Change to Gaza Blockade
Brands Lebanese Women’s Aid Mission ‘Hizbullah’

Edmund Sanders of the LAT puts the matter correctly when he says that Israel’s national security government (a subset of key cabinet ministers) took a […]

Juan Cole

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US Strike Kills Civilians in Khost, <br/> Bombings Rock Helmand Capital <br/> UN: Roadside Bombings Double

US Strike Kills Civilians in Khost,
Bombings Rock Helmand Capital
UN: Roadside Bombings Double

Things are not going well for the Obama administration in Afghanistan, and the only good news for the White House is that almost no one […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Twin Oil Disasters: BP and Iraq <br/> Bloody Friday in Iraq Leaves 27 Dead, over 80 Wounded

Twin Oil Disasters: BP and Iraq
Bloody Friday in Iraq Leaves 27 Dead, over 80 Wounded

The wave of violence in Iraq on Friday, wherein guerrillas killed at least 27 and wounded dozens, underlined how fragile the country still is. In […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Limited Israeli Easing of Gaza Blockade Greeted with Dismay

Limited Israeli Easing of Gaza Blockade Greeted with Dismay

Despite the breathless flurry of approving statements provoked by the English-language pledge issued by the prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu that the blockade of […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey Shelves Israeli Cooperation,<br/> Considers breaking off Ties; <br/> Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara

Turkey Shelves Israeli Cooperation,
Considers breaking off Ties;
Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara

Members of the US Congress attacked Turkey on Wednesday for voting against the UN Security Council resolution imposing further sanctions on Iran, and for its […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Obama Launches Green Equivalent of Moon Mission

Obama Launches Green Equivalent of Moon Mission

President Obama for the first time addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening, on the Gulf of Mexico oil volcano. The address […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Big Oil’s Predations are not Your Fault

Big Oil’s Predations are not Your Fault

No, the BP oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico is not your fault, despite what many pundits will tell you. Back in the 1960s […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Meh story about $1 Trillion in Minerals in Afghanistan

Meh story about $1 Trillion in Minerals in Afghanistan

The report that geologists have found $1 trillion in mineral wealth in Afghanistan is less important than it seems.. That Afghanistan has minerals is not […]

Juan Cole

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