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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025:  The US and the Middle East
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The Rise of the Sunni Crescent in 2025: The US and the Middle East

Juan Cole

The big victors in the rise of a Lebanon-Syria-Jordan Sunni Crescent are Turkiye and the Sunni Arab Gulf monarchies

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Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza Continue to Pile Up

12/28/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

Will the Iraqi militias truly disarm? Will the US Troops Really Leave?

12/28/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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<i>Rachel Corrie</i> Intercepted; <br/> The 9 activists killed last Monday were shot 30 Times

Rachel Corrie Intercepted;
The 9 activists killed last Monday were shot 30 Times

Wire services reported early Saturday morning that the Rachel Corrie had been intercepted by Israeli war ships and that its communications had been jammed by […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Rachel Corrie Steaming toward Gaza <br/> Likud Vows it will Not Arrive

Rachel Corrie Steaming toward Gaza
Likud Vows it will Not Arrive

Oh, oh. Part Deux. The Rachel Corrie Gaza aid ship is now steaming toward the Gaza coast, and its communications may have been already jammed. […]

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Islamophobia
Eyewitnesses Say Israelis came in with Guns Blazing

Eyewitnesses Say Israelis came in with Guns Blazing

As The Lede points out, the more Mavi Marmara passengers who talk to the press, the more the Israeli official narrative about their landing on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Erdogan: Israel in danger of losing its "best friend" in the Region<br/> NATO HQ Seething

Erdogan: Israel in danger of losing its “best friend” in the Region
NATO HQ Seething

As funerals were held in Turkey on Thursday for 7 Turks and 1 US citizen, a new wave of anger swept over Turkey at Israel. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
American Citizen Killed by Israeli Navy

American Citizen Killed by Israeli Navy

Hey, Tea Party. A foreign navy boarded an unarmed ship flying the flag of a NATO member in international waters and shot dead an American […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The sloppy Israeli propaganda effort against the Free Gaza humanitarian flotilla has been so bad that the pictures released by the Israeli army have been […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitness Account:  ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

Eyewitness Account: ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

“The Gaza Flotilla Massacre: An Eyewitness Account” from pan-Arab London daily, The Middle East (Al-Sharq al-Awsat): ‘ Haneen Zoabi, who is a Palestinian Arab citizen […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitnesses Confirm Israeli Gunplay; <br/> Egypt’s lifting of the Blockade likely Temporary

Eyewitnesses Confirm Israeli Gunplay;
Egypt’s lifting of the Blockade likely Temporary

More eyewitness accounts are emerging from released aid activists whom the Israelis had imprisoned.” They corroborate the videotape showing that Israeli forces were firing at […]

Juan Cole

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“The Ship Turned into a Lake of Blood”:  Israeli Commandos Used Beatings, Stun Guns, Live Ammo

“The Ship Turned into a Lake of Blood”: Israeli Commandos Used Beatings, Stun Guns, Live Ammo

The humanitarian aid workers taken hostage by Israel on the high seas are beginning to be released, and they describe to the Associated Press a […]

Juan Cole

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