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Archives: September 2015
![Most Russians Oppose Sending Troops To Syria: Poll](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/most-russians-oppose-sending-tro-187x137.jpg)
![The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Konduz falls to Taliban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/the-final-collapse-of-bushs-nati-187x137.jpg)
The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz falls to Taliban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a day from a large and well-equipped Afghan…![Carly Fiorina Says Waterboarding Keeps America Safe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/carly-fiorina-says-waterboarding-187x137.jpg)
Carly Fiorina Says Waterboarding Keeps America Safe
Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTv) | - - "Carly Fiorina has defended the use of CIA waterboarding by the Bush administration in the aftermath of 9/11, in an interview with…![UK: Israel has Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/uk-israel-has-attacked-gaza-696-187x137.jpg)
UK: Israel has Attacked Gaza 696 Times Since Most Recent Ceasefire
By IMEMC News. | - - The Gaza Strip was attacked at least 696 times on different occasions since the August 2014 ceasefire, said Tobias Ellwood, the UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/gt_chinn_us_flag_300x200_110101-187x137.jpg)
Americans are Powerful & Safe; So why do they feel Like Victims?
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Given the cluttered landscape of the last 14 years, can you even faintly remember the moment when the Berlin Wall came down, the…![Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-obama-and-putin-are-both-wro-187x137.jpg)
Why Obama and Putin are Both Wrong on Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama seemed awfully defensive in his speech at the United Nations on Monday. The reason is not far to seek. Russia's Vladimir…![Donald Trump wants to cut taxes of self, other Billionaires by $3 Trillion](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/donald-trump-wants-to-cut-taxes-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump wants to cut taxes of self, other Billionaires by $3 Trillion
John Iadarola and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) | - - "Donald Trump’s tax plan is being pitched, and covered by the media, with terms like “populist” and “tax hikes for…![US-Backed Bombing Campaign Strikes Yemeni Wedding Party, Killing Dozens](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/us-backed-bombing-campaign-strik-187x137.jpg)
US-Backed Bombing Campaign Strikes Yemeni Wedding Party, Killing Dozens
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Many women and children among the dead in 'mistake' attack Monday's accidental attack on a Yemeni wedding party drew references to the…![Disillusioned Daesh/ ISIL Fighters joined for ‘Adventure, Luxury & Saving Muslims’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/disillusioned-daesh-isil-fighter-187x137.jpg)
Disillusioned Daesh/ ISIL Fighters joined for ‘Adventure, Luxury & Saving Muslims’
By Sarah Marsden | (The Conversation) | - - They say disillusionment is the gap between expectation and reality. If the conclusions of a report just published by the International Centre for…![Jerusalem: Abbas warns Int’l leaders of ‘danger’ over Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Aqsa Mosque](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/jerusalem-abbas-warns-intl-leade-187x137.jpg)
Jerusalem: Abbas warns Int’l leaders of ‘danger’ over Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Aqsa Mosque
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday warned international leaders at the UN General Assembly of the potential danger of ongoing events at the Al-Aqsa…![Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War? Rebels Fret](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/is-bashar-al-assad-winning-the-d-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War? Rebels Fret
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely regarded as a war criminal with tens of thousands of deaths on his hands, is nevertheless on a…![Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/do-the-republicans-need-the-musl-187x137.jpg)
Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?
by Julie Poucher Harbin, EDITOR | ( ISLAMiCommentary) | - - Over the past week-and-a-half Islamophobia seemed to dominate the headlines; first when a 14-year-old Texas student who was arrested for bringing…![To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/to-stem-the-flow-of-refugees-sto-187x137.jpg)
To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs
By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director | ( Human Rights Watch) - - Syrian asylum-seekers are the largest component of the latest refugee surge to Europe. Germany has been extraordinarily generous in providing…![How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/how-henry-kissinger-created-a-wo-187x137.jpg)
How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth
By Greg Grandin | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. In the early 1970s,…![Israel’s Real Fear: w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/israels-real-fear-wout-a-demoniz-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s Real Fear: w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | - - OXFORD (IPS) - Relations between Iran and Israel go back almost to the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948. Iran…![US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Nusra Islamists, Pentagon confirms](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/us-trained-syria-rebels-gave-wea-187x137.jpg)
US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms
RT | - - "The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for safe passage. They handed over pick-up trucks…![Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria’s Assad](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/iranian-activists-call-on-iran-t-187x137.jpg)
Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria’s Assad
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL ) Scores of Iranian political activists and intellectuals have launched an online campaign calling on Iran to end its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…![Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/israeli-soldiers-assault-afp-rep-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo
By IMEMC News | - - Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West Bank, after the funeral of a Palestinian…![Things like Ted Cruz’s threat to Murder Iran’s Ayatollah are why Iranians don’t Trust US](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/things-like-ted-cruzs-threat-to-187x137.jpg)
Things like Ted Cruz’s threat to Murder Iran’s Ayatollah are why Iranians don’t Trust US
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Ted Cruz said Friday at the Value Voters Summit conference in Washington, D.C., “If you vote for me, under no circumstances will Iran be allowed to…![Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/iraq-can-mosuls-christians-ever-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Can Mosul’s Christians ever Go Home to their Historic Neighborhoods?
Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | (Niqash.org) | - - They have been harassed, threatened, have lost all their worldly goods and forced to flee. What, if anything, would make Mosul's Christians want…![The tragedy of Iraq’s Sunnis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/the-tragedy-of-iraqs-sunnis-187x137.jpg)
The tragedy of Iraq’s Sunnis
By Chloe Cornish IRIN | - - KIRKUK (IRIN) - Iraq is congested with armed men: Kurdish peshmerga in the north; forlorn Iraqi army troops strung across the country; ascendant Shia militia…![Are U.S., Russian Arms Supplies to Iraq, Syria a Blessing to Rebel Groups?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/are-u-s-russian-arms-supplies-to-187x137.jpg)
Are U.S., Russian Arms Supplies to Iraq, Syria a Blessing to Rebel Groups?
Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United States and Russia are escalating arms sales to two of their major allies in the Middle East…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/348691C-187x137.jpg)
West Bank: Clashes as thousands march in slain Palestinian’s funeral
Ma'an News Agency | - - NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of Ahmad Izzat Khatatbeh, 25, who died on Thursday from wounds [inflicted] by Israeli forces at…![100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 achievable, necessary – Greenpeace](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/100-per-cent-renewable-energy-by-187x137.jpg)
100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 achievable, necessary – Greenpeace
The Tree | - - 100 per cent renewable energy for all is achievable by 2050, creating jobs and cutting fuel costs, according to Greenpeace’s latest Energy [R]evolution report. Researched in collaboration…![With Iran deal, & Russia in Syria, is Israel being Boxed In?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/with-iran-deal-russia-in-syria-i-187x137.jpg)
With Iran deal, & Russia in Syria, is Israel being Boxed In?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - With the success of the Iran deal virtually assured and with Russia moving into Syria, Israel's hawks are facing an unprecedented setback. These…![Syria flying Russia-suppled Drones, Fighter Jets against ISIL/ Daesh](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/syria-flying-russia-suppled-dron-187x137.jpg)
Syria flying Russia-supplied Drones, Fighter Jets against ISIL/ Daesh
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The puzzle of Russian intentions in Syria will likely be revealed by president Vladimir Putin at the UN next week. Putin will meet…![Why are U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-are-u-s-special-ops-forces-d-187x137.jpg)
Why are U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations?
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - You can find them in dusty, sunbaked badlands, moist tropical forests, and the salty spray of third-world littorals. Standing in judgement, buffeted by the…![Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, PTSD and the Psychology of War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/sgt-bowe-bergdahl-ptsd-and-the-p-187x137.jpg)
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, PTSD and the Psychology of War
By Arnold Oliver | (Informed Comment) | - - More than five years ago a soldier named Bowe Bergdahl left his U.S. Army unit in Afghanistan. He was captured, imprisoned in brutal…![The Scandal of Saudi’s Syria Refugee Policy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/the-scandal-of-saudis-syria-refu-187x137.jpg)
The Scandal of Saudi’s Syria Refugee Policy
By Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | - - The violent civil war in Syria and rise of Islamic State (IS) has forced millions to flee their homes, cascading across Europe in…![Breakdown In Saudi Organization leads to Stampede killing over 700 pilgrims near Mecca](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/breakdown-in-saudi-organization-187x137.jpg)
Breakdown In Saudi Organization leads to Stampede killing over 700 pilgrims near Mecca
CNN | (Video News Report) | - - "Miqdaad Versi of the Muslim Council of Britain says Saudi Arabia has made strides to keep pilgrims safe at Hajj but growing numbers increase…![A First: New York City Schools close for Muslim Holy Day](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/a-first-new-york-city-schools-cl-187x137.jpg)
A First: New York City Schools close for Muslim Holy Day
Deena Takruri | (Aj+ video report) "New York City public-school students will get the day off this Thursday, Sept. 24, for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Summer-school students will also get…![Will the US Catholic Church Divest from Fossil Fuels, buy Solar Panels?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/will-the-us-catholic-church-dive-187x137.jpg)
Will the US Catholic Church Divest from Fossil Fuels, buy Solar Panels?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his White House address on Wednesday, Pope Francis again brought up the urgent issue of global warming, climate change is a problem…![A Majority of Iowa Republicans unsure Islam should be Legal, but Support Kim Davis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/a-majority-of-iowa-republicans-u-187x137.jpg)
A Majority of Iowa Republicans unsure Islam should be Legal, but Support Kim Davis
Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "We hear a lot about religious freedom from conservatives these days, but what do they actually mean when they…![Al Jazeera journalists freed in Egypt](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/al-jazeera-journalists-freed-in-187x137.jpg)
Al Jazeera journalists freed in Egypt
John Terrett | (Al Jazeera America Video Report) | - - "Baher Mohammad and Mohammad Fahmy were pardoned by Egypt's president this morning. John Terrett has more." Aljazeera America: Al Jazeera journalists…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/348586C-187x137.jpg)
Israel imposes lockdown on East Jerusalem neighborhoods
Ma'an News Agency | - - JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities closed the main entrances to East Jerusalem neighborhoods with cement blocks on Wednesday, preventing Palestinians from preparing for the Eid al-Adha…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/UN_building-720x960-187x137.jpg)
Is the United Nations being captured by Transnational Corporations?
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 2015 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is commemorating its 70th anniversary next week punctuated by a summit…![Top 5 Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/top-5-signs-pope-francis-is-an-h-187x137.jpg)
Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, as a "liberal" or "progressive" in American politics is incorrect and indeed a little bizarre. The…![Making money off Nuclear Apocalypse while obsessing about Non-Nuclear Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/making-money-off-nuclear-apocaly-187x137.jpg)
Making money off Nuclear Apocalypse while obsessing about Non-Nuclear Iran
By Richard Krushnic & Jonathan Alan King | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Imagine for a moment a genuine absurdity: somewhere in the United States, the highly profitable operations of a set of…![Why the Pope and America won’t leave each Other Unchanged](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-the-pope-and-america-wont-le-187x137.jpg)
Why the Pope and America won’t leave each Other Unchanged
By Massimo Faggioli | (The Conversation) | - - The papal trip to the United States that Francis will begin on September 22 is the most difficult of his pontificate so far.…![Could Daesh/ ISIS bring Russia and the west together?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/could-daesh-isis-bring-russia-an-187x137.jpg)
Could Daesh/ ISIS bring Russia and the west together?
By Marta Ter | (Open Democracy) | - - For a couple of years after 9/11, there was a solid US-Russia anti-terrorism cooperation that basically gave the Kremlin a freer hand in…![Syrians welcomed Armenian, Iraqi, other Refugees but now Unwelcome as Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/syrians-welcomed-armenian-iraqi-187x137.jpg)
Syrians welcomed Armenian, Iraqi, other Refugees but now Unwelcome as Refugees
AJ+ | - - "The world hasn't been very hospitable to refugees from Syria – a country with a long history of taking in people displaced from other parts of the world."…![As Russia supports Iran in Syria, Netanyahu Loses Again](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/as-russia-supports-iran-in-syria-187x137.jpg)
As Russia supports Iran in Syria, Netanyahu Loses Again
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and Military Intelligence chief Hertzi Halevy, visited…![Dark Money Surge: Conservatives Buoyed by Historic Flood of Money](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/dark-money-surge-conservatives-b-187x137.jpg)
Dark Money Surge: Conservatives Buoyed by Historic Flood of Contributions
By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) - - A new report from Center for Responsive Politics finds single-candidate groups have spent $16.2 million total so far—- over 55 times levels…![Violent clashes in Jerusalem fed by extreme Israeli counter-measures](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/violent-clashes-in-jerusalem-fed-187x137.jpg)
Violent clashes in Jerusalem fed by extreme Israeli counter-measures
By Yoav Galai | (The Conversation) | - - On the evening of Monday September 14, Alex Levlovich was driving back from the Rosh-Hashana Seder, the celebration of the Jewish new year,…![Syria, Reserve army of Terrorism: Taliban Uzbek in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Village](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/syria-reserve-army-of-terrorism-187x137.jpg)
Syria, Reserve army of Terrorism: Taliban Uzbek in Suicide Bombing of Shiite Village
By Joanna Paraszczuk and Barno Anvar | ( RFE/ RL ) An Uzbek militant has carried out a suicide truck bombing in the predominantly Shi'ite town of Fua in Idlib Province, part…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/335137C-187x137.jpg)
Majority of Palestinians lose hope in 2 States, Await Israeli Ethnic Cleansing
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A majority of Palestinians now oppose a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, with only a third believing it is still a…![Has the GOP given up on winning the Presidency? Carson, Trump on Muslims, Latinos](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/has-the-gop-given-up-on-winning-187x137.jpg)
Has the GOP given up on winning the Presidency? Carson, Trump on Muslims, Latinos
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Ben Carson's and Donald Trump's comments about Muslims over the weekend again showed the GOP as the party of exclusion, not inclusion (though…![What’s behind Russia’s military build-up in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/whats-behind-russias-military-bu-187x137.jpg)
What’s behind Russia’s military build-up in Syria?
By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | - - Evidence is emerging of a significant intensification of Russia’s military support for the Assad government. While the exact scale and purpose of Russia’s…![Turkey Risks Turmoil with end of Peace Process & of Non-Intervention Policies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/turkey-risks-turmoil-with-end-of-187x137.jpg)
Turkey Risks Turmoil with end of Peace Process & of Non-Intervention Policies
By Omer Tekdemir and Oğuzhan Göksel | (Open Democracy) | - - Though often depicted as a relatively stable exception in a turbulent region, the Republic of Turkey has also wrestled with…![Islam: Acceptance of Diversity & Pluralism is Key to the Qur’ans Theology](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/islam-acceptance-of-diversity-pl-187x137.jpg)
Islam: Acceptance of Diversity & Pluralism is Key to the Qur’an’s Theology
By Galym Zhussipbeck | ( ISLAMICommentary![Putting Pacifists on a No-Fly List is a way of Disciplining us All](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/putting-pacifists-on-a-no-fly-li1-187x137.jpg)
Putting Pacifists on a No-Fly List is a way of Disciplining us All
By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - It was August 2002. My partner Jan Adams and I were just beginning our annual pilgrimage to Massachusetts to visit my father and stepmother.…![Holland’s Wind-Driven trains & 4 other Hopeful Green Energy Stories for Today](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/hollands-wind-driven-trains-4-ot-187x137.jpg)
Holland’s Wind-Driven trains & 4 other Hopeful Green Energy Stories for Today
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. In three years, all Dutch electric trains will be powered by wind turbines, either turbines in the Netherlands itself or in nearby…![Why Won’t Bernie Sanders Take “Socialist” As An Insult?: Stephen Colbert](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-wont-bernie-sanders-take-soc-187x137.jpg)
Why Won’t Bernie Sanders Take “Socialist” As An Insult?: Stephen Colbert
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Reports: Reluctant Russian Soldiers Oppose ‘Secret’ Syria Mission
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Aqsa Crisis: PM Netanyahu wants Israeli Forces to use Live Fire against Rock Throwing Demonstrators
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Israel has moved 600,000 Squatters onto Palestinian Land in West Bank
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Can Digital India flourish without Freedom of Speech? PM Modi in Silicon Valley
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Trump Pledges to “Look into” Paranoid Charges of Muslim-American Terror camps
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has probably benefited so far from giving long stemwinders of a speech on the hustings, saying enough outrageous things in each…![As Iran takes on ISIL/ Daesh, can it avoid the Sectarian Trap?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/as-iran-takes-on-isil-daesh-can-187x137.jpg)
As Iran takes on ISIL/ Daesh, can it avoid the Sectarian Trap?
By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | - - In an obvious attempt to show initiative and good will, President Hassan Rouhani recently declared Iran’s readiness to discuss Syria with the United…![Rights group: Israelis have killed nearly 2000 Palestinian children since 2000](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/rights-group-israelis-have-kille-187x137.jpg)
Rights group: Israelis have killed nearly 2000 Palestinian children since 2000
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A Guru for Our Time: Eqbal Ahmad and the life of Dissent from Empire
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Refugees from the Phony Caliphate: Iraqis hire People Smugglers to escape Mosul
Special Correspondent | (Niqash.org) | - - Hassan Hafouzi* and his family paid people smugglers so they could leave Mosul, the city controlled by the so-called Islamic State group. Two days after…![How GOP Candidates would Deal with Syria, Short Version](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/how-gop-candidates-would-deal-wi-187x137.jpg)
How GOP Candidates would Deal with Syria, Short Version
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Political Satire In the course of the second GOP debate at CNN, anchor Jake Tapper asked the candidates about Syria policy. They for…![America can — and should — Do More for Syrian Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/america-can-and-should-do-more-f-187x137.jpg)
America can — and should — Do More for Syrian Refugees
By Chris Toensing | (Otherwords.org) | - - Imagine that 58 million Americans were streaming into Canada and Mexico, many with only a small satchel and the clothes on their backs. Picture…![Rouhani forget Geopolitics: Iran’s real Enemies are Water & jobs Shortages & Drugs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/rouhani-forget-geopolitics-irans-187x137.jpg)
Rouhani: forget Geopolitics: Iran’s real Enemies are Water & jobs Shortages & Drugs
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Activists strip against Israeli separation wall in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Several foreign activists stripped bare near the Israeli separation wall in the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank in refusal of ongoing Israeli policies against Palestinians under…![Pope Francis Endorses Iran Deal: Another Dilemma for GOP Catholic Candidates](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/pope-francis-endorses-iran-deal-187x137.jpg)
Pope Francis Endorses Iran Deal: Another Dilemma for GOP Catholic Candidates
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Islam Hysteria: 14 yr old Muslim Student Invents Digital Clock, is Arrested
The Dallas Morning News | (Video Interview with Ahmad Mohamed) | - - "Ahmed Mohamed, 14, an Irving MacArthur High student who invents as a hobby, talks about being detained and interrogated…![Favoring Christian over Muslim refugees is bad for everyone](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/favoring-christian-over-muslim-r-187x137.jpg)
Favoring Christian over Muslim refugees is bad for everyone
By Sarah Hackett | (The Conversation) | - - The unfolding refugee crisis has been marked by stories of displacement, violence and despair. There have been frenzied debates about the appropriate responses,…![Obama as Grandmaster of Grand Strategy: Containing China](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/obama-as-grandmaster-of-grand-st-187x137.jpg)
Obama as Grandmaster of Grand Strategy: Containing China
By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In ways that have eluded Washington pundits and policymakers, President Barack Obama is deploying a subtle geopolitical strategy that, if successful, might give…![Ashrawi: “Israel is provoking a global holy war” over Aqsa](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/ashrawi-israel-is-provoking-a-gl-187x137.jpg)
Ashrawi: “Israel is provoking a global holy war” over Aqsa
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Mexican Tour Organizers, Buddhist Healers, Baffled by Egyptian Army Attack
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Andrew Garfield of Spiderman: Trump ‘has a lot,’ Unwelcoming of those with Little
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Israel: Rosh Hashanah Dancing Robots – Happy New Year with a Technion Touch
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Global Warming: Sierra Nevada snowpack at 500-year low, Worse Coming
By Valerie Trouet | (The Conversation) | - - In the Mediterranean climate of California, with its warm, wet winters and hot, dry summers, the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains plays…![Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/contrary-to-propaganda-iran-has-187x137.jpg)
Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | - - OXFORD (IPS) - Despite all the propaganda about the Iranian leaders’ rush to acquire nuclear weapons, ever since the start of the…![Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/clashes-rock-al-aqsa-compound-3r-187x137.jpg)
Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day
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US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Public remarks by the head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency and by John Brennan, director of the CIA, suggest that Washington is…![Sanders surges in Iowa as Clinton faces Enthusiasm Gap](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/sanders-surges-in-iowa-as-clinto-187x137.jpg)
Sanders surges in Iowa as Clinton faces Enthusiasm Gap
Anthony Salvanto | (CBS Face the Nation Video) | - - "A new CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker poll shows presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, leading in both Iowa and New…![When will War be off the Table? Iran & US Trash Talk](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/when-will-war-be-off-the-table-i-187x137.jpg)
When will War be off the Table? Iran & US Trash Talk
By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - You have to admire the sheer gall of the Republican presidential field, which has coalesced around the idea of, in Scott Walker’s…![Israel’s Deep Role in Syrian Refugee Crisis: Saga of Yarmouk](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/israels-deep-role-in-syrian-refu-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s Deep Role in Syrian Refugee Crisis: Saga of Yarmouk
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Could we melt all the Ice in Antarctica if we Keep on Burning Fossil Fuels?
By Andy Ridgwell | (The Conversation) | - - Here is a great “what-if”: if we (the human race) were to burn all available fossil fuels, could we melt the largest and…![Germany seeks Talks with Russia over Syria as Putin conducts Naval Maneuvers off Tartous](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/germany-seeks-talks-with-russia-187x137.jpg)
Germany seeks Talks with Russia over Syria as Putin conducts Naval Maneuvers off Tartous
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“We’re talking Survival”: Pacific Islanders call out Australia on Coal
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Leftist Corbyn win as head of UK Labour alarms Israeli Right Wing
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How Bush/Cheney’s War Plans delayed an Iran Deal for a Decade
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | - - OXFORD (IPS) - When negotiations between Iran and the European “Troika” broke down, the reformist government of Mohammad Khatami was discredited in…![Nearly Half of Republicans Could imagine backing Military Coup](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/nearly-half-of-republicans-could-187x137.jpg)
Nearly Half of Republicans Could imagine backing Military Coup
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "New poll out from YouGov that is even more concerning than some of the other crazy polls we’ve covered recently. How…![14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/14-years-after-911-us-israel-tem-187x137.jpg)
14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Jabhat al-Nusra or Support Front is one of the major rebel groups in Syria, holding extensive territory in the hinterland of cities…![America’s Dumb Bigots: Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/americas-dumb-bigots-sikh-man-be-187x137.jpg)
America’s Dumb Bigots: Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11
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‘Bibi in Bible Land’: The Likud Party Miscalculates and loses on Iran Deal
By Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that the Democratic senators have blocked a challenge to the Iran deal, pundits are looking at what the most persuasive arguments…![Can Syrian Asylee Airlift from Turkey to Sweden be Crowd-Funded? Iranian Expats Think So](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/can-syrian-asylee-airlift-from-t-187x137.jpg)
Can Syrian Asylee Airlift from Turkey to Sweden be Crowd-Funded? Iranian Expats Think So
By Elisabeth Braw | (RFE/ RL) | - - A group of Iranian emigres and friends has announced an ambitious project to mount a crowdfunded airlift from troubled areas around the Mediterranean…![Over Israeli, US Objections, UN votes to raise Palestinian flag at HQ](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/over-israeli-us-objections-un-vo-187x137.jpg)
Over Israeli, US Objections, UN votes to raise Palestinian flag at HQ
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Top 5 Reasons Obama defeated GOP, AIPAC effort to vote Down Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 40 Democratic senators and two independent senators stood with President Obama on Thursday, preventing any congressional condemnation of the UN Security Council's Vienna…![Is the Obama Admin. pressuring CIA to paint a Rosy Picture of War on ISIL?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/is-the-obama-admin-pressuring-ci-187x137.jpg)
Is the Obama Admin. pressuring CIA to paint a Rosy Picture of War on ISIL?
Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | - - "ISIS intelligence reports are being cooked by the Obama administration, according to over 50 intelligence analysts working out of the…![Why Young Iraqis Are Risking Their Lives to Get to Europe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-young-iraqis-are-risking-the-187x137.jpg)
Why Young Iraqis Are Risking Their Lives to Get to Europe
By Marwan Jabbar | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iraq's security crisis means that if you are “different”, you may be a threat to militias ruling the streets now. Would-be asylum…![Islamic State’s campaign may be going chemical – why no international outcry?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/islamic-states-campaign-may-be-g-187x137.jpg)
ISIL’s campaign may be going chemical – why no international outcry?
Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | - - Evidence is mounting that [so-called] Islamic State (IS) [group] is using chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria – and yet this egregious crime, which…![Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/clinton-calls-for-tougher-respon-187x137.jpg)
Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine
By RFE/RL | - - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is now a leading contender to be the next president, has called for a stronger response…![Russia Ramping up Military Involvement in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/russia-ramping-up-military-invol-187x137.jpg)
Russia Ramping up Military Involvement in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Reuters reports, based on sources in Beirut, that Russia is increasing its involvement in Syria, backing the military of beleaguered dictator Bashar al-Assad.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/magiccity-750x393-187x137.jpg)
As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion
By Deirdre Fulton | (Commondreams.org) | - - Compact, connected, and efficient "low-carbon" cities could generate global savings of up to $22 trillion, while sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions, alleviating poverty, and…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/karlos1-629x353-187x137.jpg)
Kurds unite, from Conservatives to Far Left, in Fight against ISIL
By Karlos Zurutuza | (Inter Press Service) | - - KIRKUK, Iraq (IPS) - Reminders of the last occupants of camp K1 in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk are only visible…![Nearly all of Gaza’s Water ‘Undrinkable’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/nearly-all-of-gazas-water-undrin-187x137.jpg)
Nearly all of Gaza’s Water ‘Undrinkable’
By Celine Hagbard - (IMEMC) | - - Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of Gaza’s water is undrinkable. As they sampled…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/346829C-187x137.jpg)
The lost fortunes of Palestine’s dynamic Ottoman-era merchants
By Charlie Hoyle | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - The pink stone mansions hidden among the modern urban geography of Bethlehem --surrounded by an eight-meter high concrete wall and penned in…![What if Kim Davis Refused to License Marriages of Inter-Racial Couples?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/what-if-kim-davis-refused-to-lic-187x137.jpg)
What if Kim Davis Refused to License Marriages of Inter-Racial Couples?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis was released from prison on Tuesday after having been jailed for 5 days for contempt of court because…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Sunil_Sharma_Book_-187x137.jpg)
How Persian Literature shaped the culture of Iran and India
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How the Sept. 11 Attacks Changed American Lives Forever
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.org) | - - Fourteen years later and do you even believe it? Did we actually live it? Are we still living it? And how improbable is…![Why Dick Cheney is just as wrong about Iran as he was about Iraq](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-dick-cheney-is-just-as-wrong-187x137.jpg)
Why Dick Cheney is just as wrong about Iran as he was about Iraq
By William Beeman | (Informed Comment) | - - There are so many lies in Dick Cheney's address to the AEI that one hardly knows where to begin in refuting them. He…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Bourguiba_cheval-187x137.jpg)
The 3000: Why have some Tunisians joined ISIL/Daesh in Syria?
by Youssef Cherif | (Middle East Center Blog, LSE Political Science) | - - Tunisia, regarded as the Arab ‘beacon of hope’ and the cliché of Arab secularism and liberalism, raises a…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2015-09-08-at-2.13.38-AM-187x137.png)
Israel plans to tear down 13,000 Palestinian Buildings in Palestine
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has produced a report [pdf] in which it finds that "Official data released…![Multiple views of Meteor Explosion over Bangkok](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/multiple-views-of-meteor-explosi-187x137.jpg)
Multiple views of Meteor Explosion over Bangkok
Attila Nagy | (Video compilation) | - - "Several dashcams captured meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and exploding over Bangkok, on the 7th of September, 2015." Meteor over Bangkok, Thailand, 7 September 2015![As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/as-germans-welcome-1000s-of-refu-187x137.jpg)
As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis
Euractiv.com | - - Thousands of exhausted refugees and asylum seekers received a hero's welcome Sunday (6 September) as they streamed into Western Europe. But Austria warned the emergency measures are only…![Charge that Trump had Black Casino Employees hidden from him in ’80s](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/charge-that-trump-had-black-casi-187x137.jpg)
Charge that Trump had Black Casino Employees hidden from him in ’80s
By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Black employees at the Trump Casino in Atlantic City were routinely kept out of sight whenever the…![Invented Traditions: No, Christianity doesn’t forbid Abortion](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/invented-traditions-no-christian-187x137.jpg)
Invented Traditions: No, Christianity doesn’t forbid Abortion
By Larry Badendyck | (Informed Comment) | - - Let me put this right up front. There is nothing whatever either in the Bible or in the canonical, fundamental assertions of…![1000s of Palestinians mourn as victim of Israeli Terrorist dies after losing her Toddler](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/1000s-of-palestinians-mourn-as-v-187x137.jpg)
1000s of Palestinians mourn as victim of Israeli Terrorist dies after losing her Toddler
Ma'an News Agency | - - Palestinian women cry during the funeral of Riham Dawabsha, on Sept. 7, 2015, at a cemetery in the West Bank village of Duma. (AFP/Thomas Coex) NABLUS…![Pope Francis’ call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US “Religious Right”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/pope-francis-call-to-host-refuge-187x137.jpg)
Pope Francis’ call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US “Religious Right”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Not all American Christian leaders have covered themselves in glory when it comes to the issue of Syrian refugees being accepted by the…![UN: al-Assad, ISIL, al-Qaeda committing Mass Atrocities, Endangering Int’l Security](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/un-al-assad-isil-al-qaeda-commit-187x137.jpg)
UN: al-Assad, ISIL, al-Qaeda committing Mass Atrocities, Endangering Int’l Security
UN News Centre | ( Office of the High Commission for Human Rights) - - Mass atrocities by Government forces and non-State armed groups continue to take place in Syria, causing immeasurable…![Trump is just as anti-Labor as the rest of the GOP](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/trump-is-just-as-anti-labor-as-t-187x137.jpg)
Trump is just as anti-Labor as the rest of the GOP
By Donald Kaul | (Otherwords.org) | - - When it comes to the way he treats workers, the Donald is as Republican as capital gains and Richard Nixon. There are those who…![American Workers need a Raise, & the Iran Deal, and Peace](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/american-workers-need-a-raise-th-187x137.jpg)
American Workers need a Raise, & the Iran Deal, and Peace
By Michael Eisenscher | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | We’ll never rebuild this country if we keep wasting money on war. This Labor Day, like others before it, finds American workers squeezed…![Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/netanyahu-israel-not-to-be-subme-187x137.jpg)
Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees
By IMEMC News | - - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be "submerged" by refugees after calls for Israel to take in those…![Whether Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/whether-jewish-refugees-in-30s-o-187x137.jpg)
Whether Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Germany, a country of 80 million, will take in 800,000 refugees this year, many of them Syrians. That is 1 percent of their…![Can Bernie Sanders become the Frontrunner coming out of Labor Day Weekend?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/can-bernie-sanders-become-the-fr-187x137.jpg)
Can Bernie Sanders become the Frontrunner coming out of Labor Day Weekend?
Ed Schultz | The Ed Show | (Video Interview) | - - "Presidential Candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins Ed Schultz to discuss a wide range of issues including why his…![Why some European countries do more than others to help refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-some-european-countries-do-m-187x137.jpg)
Why some European countries do more than others to help refugees
By Tim Hatton | (The Conversation) | - - Not since World War II has Europe faced a refugee crisis comparable with the situation unfolding at its borders at the moment. The…![Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/netanyahu-arrest-petition-hits-1-187x137.jpg)
Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000
By IMEMC News | - - A petition to the UK government and parliament requesting that the government arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "for war crimes when he arrives in London,"…![Those forced to Europe are mostly Regime Change Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/those-forced-to-europe-are-mostl-187x137.jpg)
Those forced to Europe are mostly Regime Change Refugees
By Thalif Deen | ( Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands of refugees into Europe were triggered largely…![Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/unlike-israels-netanyahu-saudi-a-187x137.jpg)
Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Saudi-owned, pan-Arab London daily al-Sharq al-Awsat (the Middle East) reported on the meeting Friday between King Salman of Saudi Arabia and President…![Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/donald-trump-fails-foreign-polic-187x137.jpg)
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop quiz." AJ+: "Donald Trump Fails Foreign-Policy Quiz"![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/CNhwP2bUsAATTDj-187x137.jpg)
Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?
By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | - - It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek a safe haven in the rich Arab…![What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/what-iran-sacrificed-in-deal-acc-187x137.jpg)
What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel
By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | - - OXFORD (IPS) - Iran’s nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of misinformation, downright lies and above all myths.…![UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/un-to-back-raising-of-palestinia-187x137.jpg)
UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections
By IMEMC News | - - Israel asks UN to rebuff flag initiative A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations will likely be adopted next week in…![Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama’s White House](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/top-4-issues-saudi-king-salman-w-187x137.jpg)
Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama’s White House
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi King Salman is meeting Friday with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, and National Security Adviser Susan…![Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marrying Same Sex Couples](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/actually-davis-was-jailed-becaus-187x137.jpg)
Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples
WLKY News Louisville | (Video News Report) | - - WLKY News Louisville: "5 of Kim Davis' deputies to issue marriage licenses, Davis still jailed"![As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/as-syrian-refugee-boy-identified-187x137.jpg)
As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees
By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi drowned along with his mother, Rehan, and older brother, Galip, while the family attempted to cross the sea from…![Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/over-1-mn-syrian-refugees-in-leb-187x137.jpg)
Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again
RT | (Video News Report) - - "More than a million Syrian refugees feel unwelcome guests in Lebanon, where anti-government protests are only worsening. Many fear the Syrian scenario may repeat there…![A House Divided: Iranian, Iraqi Ayatollahs square off in Baghdad Streets](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/a-house-divided-iranian-iraqi-ay-187x137.jpg)
A House Divided: Iranian, Iraqi Ayatollahs square off in Baghdad Streets
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Obama’s Journey: Top 10 signs of Extreme Climate Change in Alaska and why it Should Scare Us
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - American corporate news has not devoted the hours to President Obama's trip to Alaska that it deserves, focusing on the GOP clown car…![Why I Shared a Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/why-i-shared-a-horrific-photo-of-187x137.jpg)
Why I Shared a Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child
By Peter Bouckaert | Director, Emergencies | (Human Right Watch) | - - I thought long and hard before I retweeted the photo. It shows a lifeless toddler, lying face down on…![GOP jumps Shark *again*: Call For Canadian Border Wall](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/gop-jumps-shark-again-call-for-c-187x137.jpg)
GOP jumps Shark *again*: Call For Canadian Border Wall
Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video report) | - - "Scott Walker is attempting to out-Trump Donald Trump by discussing the idea of a building a…![Martyr to Science in Palmyra: Archeologist Khaled al-Asaad](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/martyr-to-science-in-palmyra-arc-187x137.jpg)
Martyr to Science in Palmyra: Archeologist Khaled al-Asaad
By Pierre Leriche | (The Conversation) | - - A second ancient temple at Palmyra has been razed, with a satellite image appearing to confirm the destruction of the Temple of Bel,…![Obama 1, Netanyahu 0, as Dems & Public rally to Iran Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/obama-1-netanyahu-0-as-dems-publ-187x137.jpg)
Obama 1, Netanyahu 0, as Dems & Public rally to Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Israel lobbies don't win every fight on Capitol Hill, but over time they have tended to win the big ones in recent…![Kentucky Christian mini-caliphate still denying Gay Marriage Licenses in Name of God](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/kentucky-christian-mini-caliphat-187x137.jpg)
Kentucky Christian mini-caliphate still denying Gay Marriage Licenses in Name of God
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "Kim Davis, a clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples one day after the Supreme Court told her…![Martin Kramer’s “Modest Proposal” for starving Gazans into having fewer Children, 5 Yrs Later](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/martin-kramers-modest-proposal-f-187x137.jpg)
Martin Kramer’s “Modest Proposal” for starving Gazans into having fewer Children, 5 Yrs Later
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In view of the dire UN report warning that in 5 years Gaza may well be uninhabitable for its 2 million Palestinian residents,…![Obama, 19 World Leaders tout Climate Danger at Alaska Summit, Ignore Fuel Extraction](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/obama-19-world-leaders-tout-clim-187x137.jpg)
Obama, 19 World Leaders tout Climate Danger at Alaska Summit, Ignore Fuel Extraction
By Leehi Yona | (Inter Press Service) | - - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (IPS) - After a one-day summit in the U.S. Arctic’s biggest city, leaders from the world’s northern countries acknowledged that…![Israeli Policies could make Gaza uninhabitable in 5 years: UN](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/israeli-policies-could-make-gaza-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Policies could make Gaza uninhabitable in 5 years: UN
UNCTAD Press Release | UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2015/026 | (Geneva, Switzerland) | - - Gaza could become uninhabitable in less than five years in wake of 2014 conflict and ongoing de-development, according to new UNCTAD…![Bernie Sanders’s Surge in Iowa from Attractiveness of His Ideas: Poll](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/bernie-sanderss-surge-in-iowa-fr-187x137.jpg)
Bernie Sanders’s Surge in Iowa from Attractiveness of His Ideas: Poll
Phil Mattingly | Bloomberg Business | (Video News Report) | - - "Hillary Clinton saw her support in Iowa dwindle as voters boosted Bernie Sanders in the latest Bloomberg Politics/ Des Moines…![Remember how Congress said we Should Support Iran Reformists? Well they want the Nuclear Deal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/remember-how-congress-said-we-sh-187x137.jpg)
Remember how Congress said we Should Support Iran Reformists? Well they want the Nuclear Deal
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL Parvin Fahimi, who lost her son to repression by the Iranian state, hopes the agreement global powers reached with Tehran on its nuclear program last…![War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/war-torn-yemen-faces-disease-out-187x137.jpg)
War-Torn Yemen faces Disease Outbreaks w/out Humanitarian Corridor
By Kanya D'Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen’s most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health…![Enter the Bear: Does Russia plan air strikes on Daesh/ISIL in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170630222347im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/enter-the-bear-does-russia-plan-187x137.jpg)