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Archives: June 2015
![The Great Wall of Turkey? Ankara imagines DMZ w/ Kurds, ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-great-wall-of-turkey-ankara-187x137.jpg)
![2 Israeli Squatters /week injured by Palestinians & 39 Palestinians /week by Israeli Forces](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/2-israeli-squatters-week-injured-187x137.jpg)
2 Israeli Squatters /week injured by Palestinians & 39 Palestinians /week by Israeli Forces
Ma'an News Agency | - - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Three Israeli settlers [later reports say four] were injured in a shooting late Monday near the illegal settlement of Shvut Rachel south…![The #SaudiCables reveal how Money Controls Media, Politicians & … MTV?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-saudicables-reveal-how-money-187x137.jpg)
The #SaudiCables reveal how Money Controls Media, Politicians & … MTV?
By Mohamed Hassan | ( Global Voices Online) | - - The half million leaked cables to be released about Saudi Arabia's foreign policy by WikiLeaks, which have sparked debates across the…![After NBC says “You’re fired!” for bigotry, crybaby Donald Trump brandishes Lawsuit](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/after-nbc-says-youre-fired-for-b-187x137.jpg)
After NBC says “You’re fired!” for bigotry, crybaby Donald Trump brandishes Lawsuit
Associated Press | (Video Report) | - - "Donald Trump says he may sue NBC after the network announced it's ending its business relationship with the mogul and presidential candidate over Trump's…![Tunisians fight back](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/tunisians-fight-back-187x137.jpg)
Tunisians fight back
By Christine Petré | Your Middle East | - - In an interview with Swedish radio I was asked if there is any support for these radical Islamist ideals among people in…![Tehran Press on Talks: From “Iran will be US Strategic Ally” to “US Sanctions here to stay”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/tehran-press-on-talks-from-iran-187x137.jpg)
Tehran Press on Talks: From “Iran will be US Strategic Ally” to “US Sanctions here to stay”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iranian press has reacted in a whole range of ways to the current round of negotiations at Vienna between Iran and the…![Israeli naval forces prepare to intercept Gaza Aid flotilla](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/israeli-naval-forces-prepare-to-187x137.jpg)
Israeli naval forces intercept Gaza Aid flotilla
Update: Israeli forces had already hijacked the lead vessel in the four-ship convoy by early morning on Monday ET. BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli naval forces are preparing to intercept the Gaza-bound Freedom…![CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner For ISIS Flag](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/cnn-mistakes-dildo-banner-for-is-187x137.jpg)
CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner For ISIS Flag
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "A CNN reporter saw a sex toy banner at a London Pride event and thought it was an ISIS flag." AJ+: "CNN Mistakes Dildo Banner…![America’s “Wars on . . .” have become an unhealthy Addiction](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/americas-wars-on-have-become-an-187x137.jpg)
America’s “Wars on . . .” have become an unhealthy Addiction
By William J. Astore | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - War on drugs. War on poverty. War in Afghanistan. War in Iraq. War on terror. The biggest mistake in American policy, foreign and domestic, is…![Is Congress Using Trade Rules to Blacklist Critics of Israel?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/is-congress-using-trade-rules-to-187x137.jpg)
Is Congress Using Trade Rules to Blacklist Critics of Israel?
By Rachel Ida Buff | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Legislation to fast track new trade pacts specifically targets supporters of the BDS movement against the Israeli occupation. In 1952,…![No, GOP, biblical Marriage was not between one man and one woman](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/no-gop-biblical-marriage-was-not-187x137.jpg)
No, GOP, biblical Marriage was not between one man and one woman
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The freak-out by the Republican presidential candidates over the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage provokes me to revise and reprise the points…![Climate Change-Driven Drought in Karachi hits Poor Hardest](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.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…![Think California’s Drought Is Bad? Try Palestine’s.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/think-californias-drought-is-bad-187x137.jpg)
Think California’s Drought Is Bad? Try Palestine’s.
By Laith Shakir | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - While Israelis water their lawns and swim in Olympic-sized pools, Palestinians a few kilometers away are literally dying of thirst. California…![New TV Show About Cairo’s Jewish Community draws Fans, Critics](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/new-tv-show-about-cairos-jewish-187x137.jpg)
New TV Show About Cairo’s Jewish Community draws Fans, Critics
Aj+ | (Video Report) | - - "“The Jewish Quarter” – a new series about Cairo's once-thriving Jewish community – is angering both Egyptians and the Israeli Embassy in Egypt." AJ+: "New…![In first, Court orders Dutch gov’t to protect citizens from climate change](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/in-first-court-orders-dutch-govt-187x137.jpg)
In first, Court orders Dutch gov’t to protect citizens from climate change
The Tree | - - The Dutch government has put its citizens in danger by failing to address greenhouse gas emissions, a court [has] ruled . . . In a landmark verdict,…![Lone Wolves and Soft Targets: Or how our Press, Politicians are being Played by ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/lone-wolves-and-soft-targets-or-187x137.jpg)
Lone Wolves and Soft Targets: Or how our Press, Politicians are being Played by ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I saw a lot of headlines on Friday trying to link violent attacks by radical Muslims in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, but I…![As Love wins out at Supreme Court, did Justices in Minority encourage States, Fundamentalists to Defy Ruling?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/as-love-wins-out-at-supreme-cour-187x137.jpg)
As Love wins out at Supreme Court, did Justices in Minority encourage States, Fundamentalists to Defy Ruling?
By Danielle Weatherby, Timothy Holbrook and Robert A. Schapiro | (The Conversation) | - - Editor’s note: Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that marriage is a legal right – striking down…![A Black President Eulogizes a Black Reverend and State Senator Slain for Being Black](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/a-black-president-eulogizes-a-bl-187x137.jpg)
A Black President Eulogizes a Black Reverend and State Senator Slain for Being Black
Barack Obama | (PBS NewsHour Video) | - - "President Barack Obama delievered the eulogy at the funeral for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims of deadly shootings at Emanuel African…![Israelis demolish 1,000 Palestinian Homes in Negev Per Year](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/israelis-demolish-1000-palestini-187x137.jpg)
Israelis demolish 1,000 Palestinian Homes in Negev Per Year
By IMEMC | - - The Israeli Interior Ministry and Land Administration Agency, in cooperation with the Regavim NGO and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), have been demolishing 1,000 Arab homes in…![Iran Talks Down to the Wire: Diplomatic Breakthrough or Prelude to War?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/iran-talks-down-to-the-wire-dipl-187x137.jpg)
Iran Talks Down to the Wire: Diplomatic Breakthrough or Prelude to War?
By Jasmin Ramsey | -- WASHINGTON (IPS) - A final deal on Iran’s nuclear programme wouldn’t only make non-proliferation history. It would also be the beginning of a better life for the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2015-06-26-at-1.52.44-AM-187x137.png)
Top 6 Achievements of Obamacare: (Hint, millions more insured)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, Obamacare) has beaten back all judicial challenges, it is worth revisiting its vast success. A single-payer…![Why Boycotting Israel will Backfire, just as Netanyahu’s Boycott of Gaza Has](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/why-boycotting-israel-will-backf-187x137.jpg)
Why Boycotting Israel will Backfire, just as Netanyahu’s Blockade of Gaza Has
By Guy Laron | (Informed Comment) | - - Many people who support a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict believe that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has a good…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/IMG_3334-187x137.jpg)
As Kobane comes under ISIL attack, Kurds Encircle, cut off “caliphate”
By Amy Austin Holmes | (Informed Comment) | - - (Kobane, Syria) The liberation of Kobane in late January led to jubilant celebrations almost everywhere. It was both a turning point in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/sisi-629x417-187x137.jpg)
Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt’s Crackdown on Dissent
By Kitty Stapp | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - The Egyptian government is holding a record number of journalists in jail, a press freedom group said Thursday, despite promises to improve…![Top Five ways for Washington to Fail in Iraq](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/top-five-ways-for-washington-to-187x137.jpg)
Top Five ways for Washington to Fail in Iraq
By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In one form or another, the U.S. has been at war with Iraq since 1990, including a sort-of invasion in 1991 and a…![America’s Homegrown Extremists Twice as Deadly as Muslim Radicals](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/americas-homegrown-extremists-tw-187x137.jpg)
America’s Homegrown Extremists Twice as Deadly as Muslim Radicals
AJ+ | (Video report) | - "Homegrown groups with no connection to Islam have killed almost twice as many people as Muslim groups, according to a study by New America . The…![Humans Causing the Sixth Great Extinction of other Life Forms, on which we Depend](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/humans-causing-the-sixth-great-e-187x137.jpg)
Humans Causing the Sixth Great Extinction of other Life Forms, on which we Depend
By Gerardo Ceballos | (The Conversation) | - - Vitus Bering, the famous explorer, led perhaps the most ambitious scientific expedition ever in the 1730s. Commanding 10,000 people, he was in charge…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Fort_Moultrie_flag.svg_-187x137.png)
If Southerners want a Symbol, Why not the Moultrie Liberty Flag?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | -- There was a rash of Confederate flag removals on Wednesday. The governor of Alabama had it removed from the statehouse. The governor of Virginia…![Will Iraq Be Libya? Can the Shiite Militiamen Avoid Turning on Each Other?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/will-iraq-be-libya-can-the-shiit-187x137.jpg)
Will Iraq Be Libya? Can the Shiite Militiamen Avoid Turning on Each Other?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) - - Iraq's Shiite militias have been celebrated and criticised. Now, as differences in everything from weapons to leadership to loyalties become evident, tensions between the…![Palestinian Member of Israeli Parliament will join Gaza Aid Flotilla, Risks loss of Immunity](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/palestinian-member-of-israeli-pa-187x137.jpg)
Palestinian Member of Israeli Parliament will join Gaza Aid Flotilla, Risks loss of Immunity
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Arab MK [Member of Knesset or Parliament] Basel Ghattas said this week that threats by fellow Israeli lawmakers to remove his parliamentary immunity…![As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/as-700-die-in-pakistan-from-extr-187x137.jpg)
As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pakistan is in the midst of an extreme heat wave with highs around 110 degrees F., which has killed 700 persons in the…![Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/is-the-confederate-flag-unconsti-187x137.jpg)
Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?
By Alfred L Brophy | (The Conversation) | - The tragedy in Charleston has revived the movement to take the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. On Monday June…![Dear GOP: Play the Angry White Man card Enough & you might attract Racist Donors](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/dear-gop-play-the-angry-white-ma-187x137.jpg)
Dear GOP: Play the Angry White Man card Enough & you might attract Racist Donors
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits with helping to radicalise him against black people before the Charleston…![The Would-be Bush Trifecta, Brought to you by the Family Bankers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-would-be-bush-trifecta-broug-187x137.jpg)
The Would-be Bush Trifecta, Brought to you by the Family Bankers
By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - [This piece has been adapted and updated by Nomi Prins from her book All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Power, recently out in…![Iranians pin Hopes on success of Kerry-Zarif Nuclear Negotiations](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/iranians-pin-hopes-on-success-of-187x137.jpg)
Iranians pin Hopes on success of Kerry-Zarif Nuclear Negotiations
By William O. Beeman | (Informed Comment) | - - I have just returned from a three-week trip in Iran in which I interviewed hundreds of Iranian citizens. I think many know…![What South Carolina needs to do for Racial equality (taking down the flag is just symbolic)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.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…![Selling the Gaza Assault: Israel’s Self-Inquiry is Self-Serving](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/selling-the-gaza-assault-israels-187x137.jpg)
Selling the Gaza Assault: Israel’s Self-Inquiry is Self-Serving
John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | - - The document titled "The 2014 Gaza Conflict, 7 July – 26 August 2014: Factual and Legal Aspects" released by the Israeli government on May…![Wife of Israeli Cabinet member tweets Racist Obama Joke, had called for Innocent Palestinians to be Punished](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/wife-of-israeli-cabinet-member-t-187x137.jpg)
Wife of Israeli Cabinet member tweets Racist Obama Joke, had called for Innocent Palestinians to be Punished
Nik Zecevic and Margaret Howell | (TheLipTV News Video) |- - "A racist joke about President Obama posted on Twitter by Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, the wife of Israeli interior minister Silvan Shalom,…![Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/democracy-in-retreat-in-half-the-187x137.jpg)
Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States
By Thalif Deen | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 of the U.N.’s 193 member states, according…![Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/wikileaks-docs-reveal-saudi-intr-187x137.jpg)
Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring
By Faten Bushehri | (Global Voices) | - - The Saudi Cables, released by WikiLeaks, includes a treasure trove of information in secret exchanges between Saudi diplomats on restive Bahrain Saudi Arabia's…![Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/top-5-reasons-confederate-flag-s-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. The Confederate flag in its current form was adopted by the seceding slave states to differentiate their banner from the Stars and…![Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/massive-turnout-for-bernie-sande-187x137.jpg)
Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?
By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Massive turnout is latest sign the Vermont senator is gaining on Hillary Clinton At least 5,500 people gather in in a gymnasium…![Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/her-war-kurdish-women-commandos-187x137.jpg)
Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria
RT | (Video Report) | - - "In the face of the deadly threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, many Kurdish women decide not to leave their survival to fate. Instead,…![Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn’t a “One-Off” Event](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/patterns-of-racial-violence-in-t-187x137.jpg)
Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn’t a “One-Off” Event
By Ethan Zuckerman | (The Conversation) | - - When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one. Over the next few days, we’re going…![Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/our-jihadis-and-theirs-the-real-187x137.jpg)
Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life
By Tom Engeldhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Consider this paragraph a holding action on the subject of getting blown away in America. While I write this dispatch, I’m waiting patiently for…![PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.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…![European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/european-islamophobic-networks-i-187x137.jpg)
European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Muslim-hatred of the Geert Wilders and Marine LePens in Europe, for which Daniel Pipes, and Pamela Geller, and the whole Islamophobic network…![1871: First US Anti-Terror Law banned White Racist attacks Black Officials, Voters](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/1871-first-us-anti-terror-law-ba-187x137.jpg)
1871: First US Anti-Terror Law banned White Racist attacks on Black Officials, Voters
Dara Lind | (Vox Video Report) | - - "Was the shooting that killed 9 people in Charleston's Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday terrorism? Vox's Dara Lind explains." Vox: "The Charleston shooting…![Israel releases 16 Squatter Youth suspected in arson of Church of Loaves & Fishes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/israel-releases-16-squatter-yout-187x137.jpg)
Israel releases 16 Squatter Youth suspected in arson of Church of Loaves & Fishes
By IMEMC | - - Israeli police detained and have now released 16 young Jewish settlers, Thursday, after an overnight arson attack damaged a revered shrine in northern Israel. The arson attack…![5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/5-radical-takeaways-from-the-pop-187x137.jpg)
5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate
By Janet Redman | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Francis recognizes that there's no way to stop climate change without confronting the way the world does business. That's huge. Pope…![How Lindsey Graham & GOP lost the Chance to be Presidential over Charleston](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/how-lindsey-graham-gop-lost-the-187x137.jpg)
How Lindsey Graham & GOP lost the Chance to be Presidential over Charleston
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in my view never had any chance of becoming president, though he has thrown his hat into the ring…![Pope to Developed World: Greed is Causing Climate Change, Inequality](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.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…![Sexism, Racism and Terrorism: Roof’s Misuse of Women to justify Lynching](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/sexism-racism-and-terrorism-roof-187x137.jpg)
Sexism, Racism and Terrorism: Roof’s Misuse of Women to justify Lynching
By Lisa Wade | (The Conversation) | - - Many important things will be said in the next few weeks about the murder of nine people holding a prayer meeting at a…![Wars, Disasters displaced 14 Million last Year, 50% Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/wars-disasters-displaced-14-mill-187x137.jpg)
Wars, Disasters displaced 14 Million last Year, 50% Children
By Roger Hamilton-Martin | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - A horrific year of war, humanitarian crises, human rights violations and persecution has caused a sharp rise in global forced displacement. The…![Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag: Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/rhodesian-flag-confederate-flag-187x137.jpg)
Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag: Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate
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Our reply to Dylann Roof’s Hate: Donate to “Mother Emanuel” AME Church
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - There are many essential responses to the racist terrorism that attacked Emanuel AME Church, which the state of South Carolina should take. It…![Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/since-2002-right-wing-white-terr-187x137.jpg)
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "When we have certain kinds of attacks in this country, there is terrorism world-wide, it’s a global conspiracy and they are coming…![End of Sykes-Picot: Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/end-of-sykes-picot-is-independen-187x137.jpg)
End of Sykes-Picot: Is Independence for Iraqi Kurdistan a Decade Away?
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From Iran: Sanctions help the Hardliners
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Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again): Washington in Wonderland
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - There is a peculiar form of insanity in which a veneer of rationality distracts attention from the madness lurking just beneath the surface.…![Gov. of State flying pro-Slavery Confederate flag at Statehouse can’t fathom motives of White Terrorist](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/gov-of-state-flying-pro-slavery-187x137.jpg)
Another White non-Terrorist Kills 9, Makes Bomb Threats
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Why Conservatives fear Pope’s Climate Letter: A Radical Attack on the Logic of the Market
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French Telco CEO Receives Death Threats, is Cyberstalked over Withdrawal from Israel
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Can Big Coal, Oil be Put on Trial for Global Warming Damage by Victims?
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Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari: “Europe’s Muslims after Charlie Hebdo: Challenges and Misconceptions”
David Speedie, Juan Cole & Jocylene Cesari | Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (Video) | - - "Months after the "Charlie Hebdo" attacks, questions remain about Europe's Islamic communities. How…![Can the GOP live down Donald Trump’s Middle East “Policy”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/can-the-gop-live-down-donald-tru-187x137.jpg)
Can the GOP live down Donald Trump’s Middle East “Policy”?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Comedians, bloggers, and pundits are ecstatic about The Donald throwing his toupee in the ring for the Republican nomination. The stories write themselves.…![Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/climate-denial-as-a-corporate-cr1-187x137.jpg)
Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy
By Naomi Oreskes | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol Hill is due to the way the Republican…![Israel’s Ultranationalist Squatters March in Jerusalem, beat Palestinian Journalist](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/israels-ultranationalist-squatte-187x137.jpg)
Israel’s Ultranationalist Squatters March in Jerusalem, beat Palestinian Journalist
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Europe to reach 20% Renewable Energy Goal by 2020 & You’ll Never Guess How
Euractiv | - - [ N.B. 13% of US electricity is from renewables, including hydro; almost no transportation is powered by renewables.] While most EU member countries are on track to meet…![Women’s Voices Matter, especially in the Middle East](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/womens-voices-matter-especially-187x137.jpg)
Women’s Voices Matter, especially in the Middle East
By Lauren Feeney | (Informed Comment) - - Before there were nine million Syrian refugees, civil wars in Yemen and Libya, mass death sentences being handed down in Egypt, there was a…![The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis “Jeb” Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-middle-east-policy-of-presid-187x137.jpg)
The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis “Jeb” Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?
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Flash Fiction: “The Office”
N.B. Fiction with mature themes. By Juan Cole | The Office Adib was winning at cards again. Bashir was already out, sitting in a corner with his French novel. …![In defeat for Israel Lobbies, Professors’ Union censures U of Illinois Over Salaita Firing](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/in-defeat-for-israel-lobbies-pro-187x137.jpg)
In defeat for Israel Lobbies, Professors’ Union censures U of Illinois Over Salaita Firing
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Attorneys for Professor Steven Salaita called the move by leading academic group 'a serious blemish on the university’s record' The university rescinded…![Saudi Arabia Lashing Blogger Reveals What Religion Fears Most](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/saudi-arabia-lashing-blogger-rev-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Arabia Lashing Blogger Reveals What Religion Fears Most
Cenk Uygur & John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "The public flogging of jailed blogger Raif Badawi is now “sure” to resume after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court upheld…![Why Pelosi, Hillary and House Democrats turned on Obama over Asian free trade](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/why-pelosi-hillary-and-house-dem-187x137.jpg)
Why Pelosi, Hillary and House Democrats turned on Obama over Asian free trade
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Pres. Erdogan sees Syrian Kurds’ advance against ISIL as “danger” to Turkey
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The leftist Kurdish Protection Forces (YPG) and their Arab allies, the Euphrates Volcano, continued their assault on Sunday on Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) positions…![Next year in Mosul: Iraqi Kurds cut off ISIL/ Daesh Supply Lines](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/next-year-in-mosul-iraqi-kurds-c-187x137.jpg)
Next year in Mosul: Iraqi Kurds cut off ISIL/ Daesh Supply Lines
VICE News | (Video report) | - "A year after the Islamic State's lightning conquest of Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul, the poorly-trained and equipped Kurdish peshmerga forces are the international coalition's…![The Immorality of harming the Earth: Burning Fossil Fuels is Today’s Golden Calf](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-immorality-of-harming-the-ea-187x137.jpg)
The Immorality of harming the Earth: Burning Fossil Fuels is Today’s Golden Calf
By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) - - In the latter half of the nineteenth century, we began to burn fossil fuels rather casually, without much reflection, as if an epoch-marking discovery…![5,000 Hanging Skirts: How Women Remember War Rape in Kosova](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/5000-hanging-skirts-how-women-re-187x137.jpg)
5,000 Hanging Skirts: How Women Remember War Rape in Kosova
By Frances Trix | (Informed Comment) | - - On 12 June, 5,000 skirts and dresses were hung on 45 clotheslines in the football stadium in Prishtina, capital of Kosova. “The laundry…![The Forgotten Costs of War in the Middle East](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-forgotten-costs-of-war-in-th-187x137.jpg)
The Forgotten Costs of War in the Middle East
By David Vine | (Tomdispatch.com) | - First, they tried to shoot the dogs. Next, they tried to poison them with strychnine. When both failed as efficient killing methods, British government agents…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Rojava_february2014_2-750x346-187x137.png)
Can Leftist Kurdish Militia cut ISIL/ Daesh off from Turkish Supply Routes and Kill the Caliphate?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Liz Sly of the Washington Post gets the story of the attempt of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and their…![Young Middle East Millennials’ Digital Split From Fundamentalism (Cole Interview)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/young-middle-east-millennials-di-187x137.jpg)
Young Middle East Millennials’ Digital Split From Fundamentalism (Cole Interview)
Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV Video Interview) | - - "Millennials in the Middle East are forming a clear generational gap between themselves and their elders, with the digital revolution effecting a sweeping…![Bernie Sanders On How We Should Pay For Wa](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/bernie-sanders-on-how-we-should-187x137.jpg)
Bernie Sanders On How We Should Pay For War
By John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "John Iadarola (Think Tank) discusses Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders' recent policy announcement regarding war spending. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Slide52-300x225-187x137.jpg)
“The Gaza Kitchen: Cuisine, Resistance, and Remembrance in Palestine” with Laila El-Haddad
By JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary Cooking and conflict? It’s a different approach, but it works, and these blended themes still resonate five years after she and co-author Maggie Schmitt first began…![Norway Insurance Co. divests from Israeli Firms in Palestinian West Bank](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/norway-insurance-co-divests-from-187x137.jpg)
Norway Insurance Co. divests from Israeli Firms in Palestinian West Bank
By IMEMC News | - - The Norwegian insurance giant, KLP Kapitalforvaltning, has divested two international building material companies from its investment portfolio because of their operations in the West Bank settlements.…![Hillary Clinton kicks off Campaign in NYC: Says Heir to FDR pro-Middle Class Policies (Full video)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/hillary-clinton-kicks-off-campai-187x137.jpg)
Hillary Clinton kicks off Campaign in NYC: Says Heir to FDR pro-Middle Class Policies (Full video)
NewsGoingViral | (Full Video) | - - Hillary Clinton kicks off campaign at Roosevelt Island, New York City. Positions self as heir of New Deal, Four Freedoms, middle class prosperity. Hillary Clinton…![How the Jurassic Park Franchise changed the real world of Science](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/how-the-jurassic-park-franchise-187x137.jpg)
How the Jurassic Park Franchise changed the real world of ancient DNA Research
By Elizabeth Jones | (The Conversation) | - - The park is almost open. Two decades on and Jurassic Park has morphed into Jurassic World, the one and only dinosaur theme park.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.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…![House Deals Major Blow to Obama’s Secret Asian Trade Agenda](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/house-deals-major-blow-to-obamas-187x137.jpg)
House Deals Major Blow to Obama’s Secret Asian Trade Agenda
By Maira Sutton | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - The Senate's Fast Track bill package failed in the House today, following a landslide vote to reject a piece of the legislation…![Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/yemen-caught-between-saudis-hout-187x137.jpg)
Yemen: Caught between Saudis & Houthis, Children Pay Price of War
By Belkis Wille | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The deliberate targeting of schools has become a flashpoint in the war between Yemen's rebels and a Saudi-led coalition. Hisham Yahya,…![World’s Richest Nations at G7 Imperil Earth by Slow CO2 Reductions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/worlds-richest-nations-at-g7-imp-187x137.jpg)
World’s Richest Nations at G7 Imperil Earth by Slow CO2 Reductions
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Tens of thousands participate in Israel’s annual gay pride Parade
AFP | (Video Report) | - - "Tens of thousands of people turned out on Friday for Israel's annual Gay Pride parade, dancing in the streets of Tel Aviv and waving rainbow-coloured…![Al-Qaeda in Syria rubs out 23 members of Druze Religious Minority, Persecutes Others](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/al-qaeda-in-syria-rubs-out-23-me-187x137.jpg)
Al-Qaeda in Syria rubs out 23 members of Druze Religious Minority, Persecutes Others
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Pharrell Williams to G7: Green Energy is a Jobs Issue for unemployed Youth
Pharrell Williams | (The Guardian Video) | - - "Pharrell WIlliams, the Grammy award-winning artist makes an impassioned plea for green jobs to be put at the top of the agenda at…![Has US started Arming Iraq’s Shiite Militias against ISIL/ Daesh?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/has-us-started-arming-iraqs-shii-187x137.jpg)
Has US started Arming Iraq’s Shiite Militias against ISIL/ Daesh?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) The hostility between the US and Iraq's Shiite militias seems to have slowed. One leading militia member even went to the US. Is this the beginning…![Expelled for Life: A Palestinian Family’s Struggle to Stay on Their Land](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/expelled-for-life-a-palestinian-187x137.jpg)
Expelled for Life: A Palestinian Family’s Struggle to Stay on Their Land
By Jen Marlowe | (Tomdispatch.com) Nasser Nawaj’ah held Laith’s hand as, beside me, they walked down the dirt and pebble path of Old Susya. Nasser is 33 years old, his son six.…![Since 1967: 95,000 Palestinian Children Incarcerated by Israel](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/since-1967-95000-palestinian-chi-187x137.jpg)
Since 1967: 95,000 Palestinian Children Incarcerated by Israel
By IMEMC News | - - A human rights group submitted, on Wednesday, a report to UN about Israeli torture and mistreatment of Palestinian children. Military Court Watch (MCW) lodged the submission…![Has ISIL/ Daesh killed 50,000 in one Year? Iraq’s Horrors by the Numbers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/has-isil-daesh-killed-50000-in-o-187x137.jpg)
Has ISIL/ Daesh killed 50,000 in one Year? Iraq’s Horrors by the Numbers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Human Rights Commission of Iraq, a body attached to the Iraqi parliament, issued statistics on Wednesday for the one-year impact of Daesh…![A Year after the Fall of Mosul, Yazidi Kurdish Survivors of ISIL Massacres Struggle On](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/a-year-after-the-fall-of-mosul-y-187x137.jpg)
A Year after the Fall of Mosul, Yazidi Kurdish Survivors of ISIL Massacres Struggle On
VICE News | (Video Report) | - - "A year after the Islamic State's lightning conquest of Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul, the poorly-trained and equipped Kurdish peshmerga forces are the international…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Saudi-Mohammed-bin-Nayef-U.S.-Dept.-of-State-722x481-187x137.jpg)
Saudi Arabia Fixated on Iran When Sunni Extremists Are Real Threat
By Russ Wellen | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - "Saudi Arabia’s perceived need to keep Iran at bay is distracting it from the danger that the Islamic State poses…![ISIL and the Middle East Generational Shift (with Juan Cole)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/isil-and-the-middle-east-generat-187x137.jpg)
ISIL and the Middle East Generational Shift (with Juan Cole)
Elliot Hill | (The LipTV Video) | - - "With ISIS rampaging through Syria and Iraq, and a generational shift in politics and religion happening across the Middle East, we dissect some…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/NREL_Array-187x137.jpg)
How each State in the Union can have 100% Green Energy by 2050: The Stanford Plan
By Bjorn Carey | ( Stanford News Service) | - -![Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/modest-increase-in-iraq-training-187x137.jpg)
Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - The Obama administration got itself some headlines on Wednesday morning by pledging to send a few hundred more military trainers to Iraq and to…![It isn’t Israel that is being “delegitimized” but the Occcupation of Palestine](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/it-isnt-israel-that-is-being-del-187x137.jpg)
It isn’t Israel that is being “delegitimized” but the Occupation of Palestine
By: John V. Whitbeck | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - June 5 marked the 48th anniversary of the “preemptive” attack on Egypt with which Israel launched the fateful “Six-Day War” that…![Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/donald-rumsfeld-blames-bush-for-187x137.jpg)
Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail
Mark Sovel & Elliot Hill | (The Lip TV - Video) | - - "Donald Rumsfeld said George W. Bush was wrong about Iraq in a recent interview with British newspaper The…![Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/jon-stewart-on-iran-israel-and-d-187x137.jpg)
Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”
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Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking office a year ago pledging to restore…![Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/implications-for-icc-scotus-jeru-187x137.jpg)
Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It has been the position of the US presidents for decades that the status of Jerusalem in international law is unsettled. That is…![Obama: We don’t have a “complete strategy” against ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/obama-we-dont-have-a-complete-st-187x137.jpg)
Obama: We don’t have a “complete strategy” against ISIL
CBS News | (Video Report) | - - "President Obama said Monday the United States does not have a complete plan to train and equip Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921201217im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Gazan-fishermen-brothers-629x472-187x137.jpg)
Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians
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By the Time Washington wakes up to China’s Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?
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US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels
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