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Archives: Peace
![Defending Natalie Portman on Holocaust: Sometimes it can be subverted to fear-mongering](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/defending-natalie-portman-on-hol-187x137.jpg)
![70 Top nuclear Experts: Iran Deal a ‘Net-Plus’ for Non-Proliferation Worldwide](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/70-top-nuclear-experts-iran-deal-187x137.jpg)
70 Top nuclear Experts: Iran Deal a ‘Net-Plus’ for Non-Proliferation Worldwide
By S. Chandra | (Inter Press Service) - - WASHINGTON (IPS) - As the U.S. Congress prepares to vote next month on the landmark Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was…![Defying Saudis, Iran: Muslim thinkers call for Action on Climate Change at Istanbul Conference](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/187x137/Screen-Shot-2015-08-19-at-2.31.11-AM.png)
Defying Saudis, Iran: Muslim thinkers call for Action on Climate Change at Istanbul Conference
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Attendees at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul from 20 countries produced, and 60 of them signed, a declaration this week…![Top Iran General Endorses Nuclear Deal with US, UNSC](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/top-iran-general-endorses-nuclea-187x137.jpg)
Top Iran General Endorses Nuclear Deal with US, UNSC
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iranian Chief of Staff Major-Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said Saturday that despite some reservations, he saw 16 major advantages to the Iran deal. He…![Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/187x137/CLaHdkQUkAMjxOt.jpg)
Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers
Striking photo of Palestinians shielding Israeli policewoman from stones thrown by settlers. https://t.co/gburzyw8jP pic.twitter.com/8N6hDqgaFl— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) August 2, 2015 N.B. A reader wrote in to say that they were protecting her…![Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/339943C.jpg)
Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians
By: Anna Kokko | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - JAFFA (Ma'an) -- Paper lanterns crafted for Ramadan are hanging over the heads of children as they run between a snack table…![Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/05/187x137/15832575821_8ed3688158_z-629x420.jpg)
Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?
By Kanya D'Almeida UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and frustrations are running equally high, as a…![Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/05/overwhelming-us-public-approval-187x137.jpg)
Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal
By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) -- For years, AIPAC and the Netanyahu government in Israel have tried to mark the Iran nuclear talks as a “Jewish” or ‘Israeli’ concern distinct from…![What the Tsarnaevs didn’t Know: The Untold Story of Chechen Non-Violence](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/04/what-the-tsarnaevs-didnt-know-th-187x137.jpg)
What the Tsarnaevs didn’t Know: The Untold Story of Chechen Non-Violence
By Rebecca Gould | (Informed Comment) While the Boston bombing trial continues to dominate the media, its perpetrators, the Tsarnaev brothers, are associated with a geography scarcely known by Americans: Chechnya. If…![Americans don’t want Congress to sabotage Iran deal – new poll](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/04/americans-dont-want-congress-to-187x137.jpg)
Americans don’t want Congress to sabotage Iran deal – new poll
RT | - Although some lawmakers, including Democrats, believe Congress should have a say in any potential removal of Iranian sanctions, most Americans say Congress should not keep a possible a nuclear…![The von Moltke Fallacy and avoiding another World War, with Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/04/the-von-moltke-fallacy-and-avoid-187x137.jpg)
The von Moltke Fallacy and avoiding another World War, with Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Iran has just de facto announced that it does not want a nuclear weapon, at least in this generation, and probably ever. That American and…![Leonard Nimoy’s Last Wishes for Israel and Palestine](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images-ext/2011/06/187x137/leonard-nimoy-to-palestinians-and-israelis-live-long-and-prosper-in-two-states-2.jpg)
Leonard Nimoy’s Last Wishes for Israel and Palestine
Reprint edn. in honor of the passing of Mr. Nimoy, who inspired a generation. Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, speaks out as a Jewish American in favor of…![Muslims form Human Shield around Oslo Synagogue, in Solidarity with Jews after Denmark Attack](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/02/muslims-form-human-shield-around-187x137.jpg)
Muslims form ‘Ring of Peace’ around Oslo Synagogue, after Denmark Attack
Reuters | - "Norwegian Muslims form a human shield around a synagogue in Oslo, offering symbolic protection after an attack on a synagogue in neighboring Denmark. Gavino Garay reports." Reuters: "'Human shield'…![Sunni Sheikh Killed while trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/02/sunni-sheikh-killed-while-trying-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Sunni Sheikh Killed trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists
By Erin Evers | (Human Rights Watch) In Latifiyya, a small town 20 miles south of Baghdad, fighting has been raging since long before the armed conflict that erupted when the Islamic…![eaten over call for co-existence: French artist’s religious graffiti](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/02/eaten-over-call-for-co-existence-187x137.jpg)
Beaten over call for co-existence: French artist’s religious graffiti
RT | - "French grafitti artist 'Combo' got beaten for a graffiti of himself in Arabic clothes with the world ‘coexist’, with symbols of three different religions instead of some of the…![How Jesus’ Message of Peace & Non-Violence Got Lost](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/12/how-jesus-message-of-peace-non-v-187x137.jpg)
How Jesus’ Message of Peace & Non-Violence Got Lost
By Mairead Maguire | (Nobel Peace Laureate) BELFAST (IPS) - I recently visited Assisi, the home of St. Francis and St. Clare, two great spirits whose lives have inspired us and millions…![Fierce Entanglements require Dialogue: Israeli-Palestinian conflict rooted in their different stories about the World](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/11/187x137/Fierce-Entanglements-Book-Cover.jpg)
Fierce Entanglements require Dialogue: Israeli-Palestinian conflict rooted in their different stories about the World
By Donald Ellis When I was in Israel for a year on a Fulbright conducting research I interviewed Israelis, Palestinians, and Israeli Arabs. I asked them to talk about their ideas with…![Far Right Extremist Avigdor Lieberman says Swedish Recognition of Palestine will Strengthen Extremists](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/10/far-right-extremist-avigdor-lieb-187x137.jpg)
Far Right Extremist Avigdor Lieberman says Swedish Recognition of Palestine will Strengthen Extremists
By Juan Cole There was a time when people like Avigdor Lieberman were not welcome in Israeli politics, or, indeed, in Jewish circles in the United States. Dogged by accusations of corruption…![This day in History: Madrid Arab-Israeli Peace Conference (a Process that Netanyahu later Boasted of Derailing)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/10/this-day-in-history-madrid-arab-187x137.jpg)
This day in History: Madrid Arab-Israeli Peace Conference (a Process that Netanyahu later Boasted of Derailing)
The Madrid peace conference convened October 30, 1991, hosted by President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, aimed at initiating a peace settlement between Israel and the Arabs. Bush…![I refuse to serve – the lonely conscience of Israel’s refuseniks](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081318im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2014/09/i-refuse-to-serve-the-lonely-con-187x137.jpg)