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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts
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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

H. Scott Prosterman

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

02/24/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

02/24/2026 By The Conversation

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Al-Khalil/ Hebron and Jerusalem Protests Point to the Dangers of Nationalizing Sacred Space

Al-Khalil/ Hebron and Jerusalem Protests Point to the Dangers of Nationalizing Sacred Space

Abraham has been an important figure for theologians, philosophers, chroniclers and religious poets and lyricists among Jews, Christians and Muslims. All three monotheistic religions honor […]

Juan Cole

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Major Iraqi Parties Anxious over Possible Massive Ballot Fraud

Major Iraqi Parties Anxious over Possible Massive Ballot Fraud

Iraqis go to the voting booth a week from today, on Sunday, March 7, to elect the second full-term parliament (4 years) since the fall […]

Juan Cole

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Advice to Climate Scientists on how to Avoid being Swift-boated and how to become Public Intellectuals

Advice to Climate Scientists on how to Avoid being Swift-boated and how to become Public Intellectuals

Climate Scientists continue to see persuasive evidence of global warming and climate change when they speak at academic conferences, even though, as Andrew Sullivan rightly […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad once again fails to call for the annihilation of Israel, despite what you heard on CNN

Ahmadinejad once again fails to call for the annihilation of Israel, despite what you heard on CNN

I saw Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN Friday afternoon. Oren said that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had called for the […]

Juan Cole

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Taliban Hit 5 Star Hotel, Indian Hostels in Downtown Kabul; 18 Dead, 32 Wounded; Indians Targeted

Taliban Hit 5 Star Hotel, Indian Hostels in Downtown Kabul; 18 Dead, 32 Wounded; Indians Targeted

The Afghan capital was struck by three suicide bombings early Friday morning, beginning at 6:30 am local time. Radio Azadi reports that there were five […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki’s Polling Shows His Party Getting Nearly 1/3 of Seats in Parliament, with Allawi’s Iraqiya at 1/5

Al-Maliki’s Polling Shows His Party Getting Nearly 1/3 of Seats in Parliament, with Allawi’s Iraqiya at 1/5

Al-Hayat [Life] reports via AFP Arabic on the poll just released by the National Media Center, which reports to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office. According […]

Juan Cole

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Gates wants Europe to beggar itself on War Expenditures the Way the US Has

Gates wants Europe to beggar itself on War Expenditures the Way the US Has

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates decries Europe for general anti-war sentiment, unwillingness to beggar itself with expenditures on war. But as far as I […]

Juan Cole

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Afghan Senators demand Execution of Foreign Troops; Karzai Usurps Control of Election Watchdog; BlackwaterTraining Scandal

Afghan Senators demand Execution of Foreign Troops; Karzai Usurps Control of Election Watchdog; BlackwaterTraining Scandal

Pajhwok News Agency reports that on Tuesday, the Afghanistan senate deplored the foreign airstrikes that killed 21 innocent civilians in the province of Daikundi on […]

Juan Cole

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Harvard Professor’s Modest Proposal: Starve the Gazans into Having Fewer Babies

Harvard Professor’s Modest Proposal: Starve the Gazans into Having Fewer Babies

Martin Kramer revealed his true colors at the Herzliya Conference, wherein he blamed political violence in the Muslim world on population growth, called for that […]

Juan Cole

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