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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Dan Steinbock

As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child

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Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

11/15/2025 By Richard Drake

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

11/15/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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We don’t have Mousavi supporters, it’s now all of Iran…

We don’t have Mousavi supporters, it’s now all of Iran…

Report on Tuesday’s Demonstration for Mousavi in Tehran from an eyewitness. Again, I was sent this by an academic, but will not give the name […]

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The Most Elegant Scene: Mass Protest in Tehran

The Most Elegant Scene: Mass Protest in Tehran

An eyewitness writes from Tehran an account of Monday’s massive demonstration for Mousavi. I am not including his name because we don’t know how this […]

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Dueling Demonstrations in Tehran

Dueling Demonstrations in Tehran

Borzou Daragahi reports from Tehran that supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came out in the tens of thousands to chant “Death to America,” “Death to […]

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8 Killed in Tehran Clashes; Reformists Reject Recount Offer; Obama Weighs In

8 Killed in Tehran Clashes; Reformists Reject Recount Offer; Obama Weighs In

President Barack Obama has weighed in on the Iranian presidential campaign, saying that Iranian voters, who were so hopeful should be heard. He also expressed […]

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Reprint Father’s Day Gifts

Reprint Father’s Day Gifts

A reminder to my American readers that Sunday June 21 is Father’s Day. An immodest proposal for those of you yet to do your shopping […]

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Struggle over Election Results Continues in Iran

Struggle over Election Results Continues in Iran

AP has video of Monday’s enormous rally for Mousavi, which defied a government ban on demonstrations. The USG Open Source Center translates news about the […]

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Provincial Election Returns

Provincial Election Returns

Nate Silver was provided with an English translation of the official report of provincial election results by Daniel Berman and other graduate students at the […]

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100,000 Throng Streets of Tehran, Protester Shot to Death

100,000 Throng Streets of Tehran, Protester Shot to Death

VOA says Mir-Hosain Mousavi, the opposition candidate who says the Iranian election was stolen, held that supposedly forbidden and cancelled rally in Tehran after all. […]

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Clashes, Claims of Election Fraud in Iran

Clashes, Claims of Election Fraud in Iran

UPdate: The rally went ahead anyway. See above. Mir-Hosein Mousavi, the reformist candidate who alleges that Friday’s presidential election was stolen from him, was forced […]

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