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Palestinian Christians Clash with Israeli Soldiers after Sunday Mass over Bethlehem Confiscations
by IMEMC News | - - Palestinian Christians clashed with Israeli forces, following mass on Sunday, when priests and demonstrators marched to protest renewed work on the apartheid wall in the Christian…![ISIL’s Assault on History: Blows Up 1st Century Baal Shamin Temple in Palmyra](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/isils-assault-on-history-blows-u-187x137.jpg)
ISIL’s Assault on History: Blows Up 1st Century Baal Shamin Temple in Palmyra
RFE / RL | - - Gunmen from the Islamic State (IS) militant group have blown up a first century A.D. temple in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian government officials and…![Coal Industry Collapsing in Appalachia, leaving behind Blighted Landscape](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/coal-industry-collapsing-in-appa-187x137.jpg)
Coal Industry Collapsing in Appalachia, leaving behind Blighted Landscape
By Laura Gottesdiener. | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In Appalachia, explosions have leveled the mountain tops into perfect race tracks for Ryan Hensley’s all-terrain vehicle (ATV). At least, that’s how the 14-year-old…![The Nuclear Deal has turned Tehran into Diplomatic Capital of Mideast](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/08/the-nuclear-deal-has-turned-tehr-187x137.jpg)
The Nuclear Deal has turned Tehran into Diplomatic Capital of Mideast
By Javad Heirannia / Farhang Jahanpour | (Tehran Times) | - - TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, a former Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University, says the confirmation of the nuclear deal between…![Pic of the Day: Palestinians shield Israeli policewoman from stone-throwers](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/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…![Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/MQ-1_Predator_unmanned_aircraft.jpg)
Revealed: The private firms tracking terror targets at heart of US drone wars
By Abigail Fielding-Smith and Crofton Black | (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | - - The overstretched US military has hired hundreds of private sector contractors in the heart of its drone…![Has Iran cut off Hamas? Is Hams turning to Saudi Arabia?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/has-iran-cut-off-hamas-is-hams-t-187x137.jpg)
Has Iran cut off Hamas? Is Hamas turning to Saudi Arabia?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Newsweek is reporting that Iran has cut off funding to Hamas in Gaza, citing Israeli journalism and Hamas sources. Iran's relationship with the…![What can World History teach us about Cooperating against Global Climate Challenge?](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/51N7sDWLtLL._SX349_BO1204203200_.jpg)
What can World History teach us about Cooperating against Global Climate Challenge?
By Adrian Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is ironic, perhaps, but writing a world history, which involves telling hundreds of stories, makes one realize how few truly significant stories…![“The World Has Changed': Reformist Iranian Press Goes Wild for Vienna Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/the-world-has-changed-reformist-187x137.jpg)
“The World Has Changed’: Reformist Iranian Press Goes Wild for Vienna Deal
By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | - - Almost every front page of Iran's daily newpapers covered the nuclear deal on Wednesday 15 July. Screenshot from www.jaaar.com. Iran's media landscape is…![Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/afghanistan-the-first-rule-of-co-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: The First Rule of Counter-Insurgency is that it Doesn’t Ever Work
By William R. Polk | (Informed Comment) | - - The people of Afghanistan at least since the time of Alexander the Great had repeatedly and violently demonstrated their determination not to…![50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/07/50-egyptian-soldiers-others-kill-187x137.jpg)
50 Egyptian Soldiers, others, Killed in Daesh Sinai Rebellion
Aljazeera International | Video Report | - - "At least 35 people killed as ISIL group attacks police posts in Sheikh Zuweid and El-Arish.Al Jazeera's Omar Saleh reports." At the same time,…![The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-great-wall-of-turkey-ankara-187x137.jpg)
The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So I am going to tell you a story about Turkey, Syria and the United States. It may or may not be true.…![Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/climate-change-driven-drought-in-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest
By Zofeen Ebrahim | {Inter Press Service) | - - KARACHI (IPS) - Over 950 people have perished in just five days. The morgues, already filled to capacity, are piling up with…![What South Carolina needs to do for Racial equality (taking down the flag is just symbolic)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/what-south-carolina-needs-to-do-187x137.jpg)
What South Carolina needs to do for Racial equality (taking down the flag is just symbolic)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - - Governor Nikki Haley announced on Monday that she would attempt to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the statehouse, recognizing the pain…![PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/pm-netanyahu-wants-a-free-press-187x137.jpg)
PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel
By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | - - Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative journalist Raviv Drucker’s Freedom of Information Law…![Pope to Developed World: Greed is Causing Climate Change, Inequality](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/pope-to-developed-world-greed-is-187x137.jpg)
Pope to Developed World: Greed is Causing Climate Change, Inequality
Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Leader of Catholic Church says the richest owe the poorest a 'great social debt' for creating the climate crisis, ignoring warnings…![Gov. of State flying pro-Slavery Confederate flag at Statehouse can’t fathom motives of White Terrorist](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/gov-of-state-flying-pro-slavery-187x137.jpg)
Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Update: Suspected shooter Dylann Roof has been apprehended. He had a gun with him at the time. It is being alleged that he…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/152956-187x137.jpg)
Wind Power rapidly bringing Clean Electricity to masses in Global South
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Google is in talks to invest in Kenya's enormous Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which will cost $700 million. The project will increase…![ISIL and the Middle East Generational Shift (with Juan Cole)](http://web.archive.org./web/20150905081132im_/http://www.juancole.com/images/2015/06/isil-and-the-middle-east-generat-187x137.jpg)