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Archives: nationalism
![Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/turkeys-elections-no-longer-for-187x137.jpg)
![Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/gianna-tobonis-cycle-of-terror-d-187x137.jpg)
Gianna Toboni’s Cycle of Terror Debrief (VICE on HBO)
Vice | Video Report | - - Reporter Gianna Toboni gives a brief report on the attitude towards Muslims and Islam following the attacks in Paris. Vice: "Gianna Toboni's Cycle of Terror…![Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/noam-chomsky-slams-turkish-pres-187x137.jpg)
Noam Chomsky slams Turkish Pres. Erdogan for Arresting Academics, supporting Extremism
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Matthew Weaver of the Guardian reports retired MIT linguist Noam Chomsky's reply to a personal attack by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan criticized…![Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 86 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/who-bombs-a-peace-rally-an-unpre-187x137.jpg)
Who Bombs a Peace Rally? An Unprecedented 95 Dead in Turkey capital as Accusations fly
Written by John Lubbock | ( Globalvoices.org Twin bombings hit a peace rally organised by leftist groups in Ankara on the morning of October 10 in what has proven the deadliest bomb…![Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/fighting-at-funerals-turkey-plun-187x137.jpg)
Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict
T. Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | - - It has been a month since the government of Turkey has ended the tenuous peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),…![Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/turkeys-snap-elections-erdogan-i-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides
By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | - - Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long…![Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/water-being-used-as-weapon-of-wa-187x137.jpg)
Water Being Used as Weapon of War in Syrian Conflict, UN Warns
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer. | (Commondreams.org) | - - Compounded by scorching heat wave, Syrians are experiencing 'deliberate' water cut-offs, often for weeks at a time The United Nations on Tuesday…![How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/how-islamic-state-is-moving-its-187x137.jpg)
How Islamic State is moving its Egyptian battle from Sinai to Cairo
By Natasha Ezrow | (The Conversation) | - - Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a powerful car bomb detonated outside a state security building in northern Cairo which injured 29…![Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/gaza-managing-the-disaster-isnt-187x137.jpg)
Gaza: Managing the Disaster isn’t Enough; not one of 11,000 buildings repaired
By Charlie Hoyle | (Inter Press Service) | - - The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a regional heat wave. A year on from…![Why Israelis have cut down 800,000 Palestinian Olive Trees](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/187x137/ScreenShot2015-08-02at2.35.54PM.jpg)
Why Israelis have cut down 800,000 Palestinian Olive Trees
Text by Elle Kurancid, photos by Bryony Dunne | (Jadaliyya) | - - Olive tree felling is a longtime strategy of Israel’s occupation regime in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since…![After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/after-vienna-arabs-israel-seek-m-187x137.jpg)
After Vienna, Arabs, Israel seek massive conventional Arms Deals: US ready to Sell
By Thalif Deen | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The nuclear agreement concluded last week between Iran and six big powers, the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, is…![Jerusalem: Ultra-Right Israelis again invade Aqsa Mosque compound; UN condemns provocation](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/jerusalem-ultra-right-israelis-a-187x137.jpg)
Jerusalem: Ultra-Right Israelis again invade Aqsa Mosque compound; UN condemns provocation
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Right-wing Israelis broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday for the second day in a row, as the UN expressed concern over…![Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/turkeys-new-war-on-terror-mainly-187x137.jpg)
Turkey’s new “war on terror” mainly targeting Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - What was at first announced as a new Turkish turn toward attacks on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on Friday has quickly become largely a…![Israel’s Netanyahu & Iran: Even former Intel Officials think he’s Unhinged](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/israels-netanyahu-iran-even-form-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s Netanyahu & Iran: Even former Intel Officials think he’s Unhinged
By Jeffrey Rudolph | (Detailed Political Quizzes) | Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot be taken seriously when he talks about Iran. While Netanyahu is a master at exploiting fear in a…![Israeli forces destroy 450 olive trees, Roman-era well in Hebron, Palestine](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/187x137/327417C.jpg)
Israeli forces destroy 450 olive trees, Roman-era well in Hebron, Palestine
HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Wednesday destroyed 450 olive trees, leveled land, and demolished a Roman-era water well in the village of Beit Ula in northwestern Hebron, after claiming the Palestinian…![The Next Gaza War](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/the-next-gaza-war-187x137.jpg)
The Next Gaza War
By Max Blumenthal | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - "A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” declared Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in…![2 Years after Coup, will Assassination of Egypt’s Att’y General be Pretext for More Repression?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/2-years-after-coup-will-assassin-187x137.jpg)
2 Years after Coup, will Assassination of Egypt’s Att’y General be Pretext for More Repression?
By MariaGloria Polimeno | (The Conversation) | - - Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s most senior prosecutor, has been killed by a car bomb that hit his motorcade in Cairo. The attack came just…![Michael Oren, Neo-Orientalism and the Ghost of Edward Said](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/michael-oren-neo-orientalism-and-187x137.jpg)
Michael Oren, Neo-Orientalism and the Ghost of Edward Said
By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | - - Poor Edward Said cannot rest in peace. Twelve years after he passed away from cancer, his ghost apparently haunts the State Department, Pentagon…![The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.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.…![Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt’s Crackdown on Dissent](http://web.archive.org./web/20160331041849im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/187x137/sisi-629x417.jpg)