Israel does not merely tolerate settler violence; it enables and deploys it. These crimes form part of a broader policy of dispossession: driving Palestinians from their land and hastening annexation. Yet, instead of demanding that Israel stop committing these crimes, Trump continues to arm Israel. This is complicity in crimes against humanity.
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Today’s podcast guest is Michael Wuthrich, Associate Professor of Political Science and the Associate Director for Global & International Studies at the University of Kansas. He is co-author of the book, Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa.
In this episode, we discuss the intersection of religion and politics, particularly in the non-Arab Muslim countries of Turkey and Iran, what has been behind the growth of Islam globally, changes in secularism in Turkey under Erdogan, and the impact of the Islamic Republic on religiosity for everyday people in Iran.
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Mike Wuthrich is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Associate Director for Global & International Studies at the University of Kansas. He received his PhD in Political Science from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey in 2011. His interests are Middle East politics, particularly Turkish, Kurdish, and Iranian politics, parties and party systems, electoral behavior, religion and politics, women and politics in Turkey, and nationalism. His publications have appeared in Journal of Democracy, Political Research Quarterly, Parliamentary Affairs, the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Middle East Journal, and Turkish Studies among others. He is co-author of the book, Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North Africa, with Indiana University Press in 2022. His book, National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System was published in 2015 with Syracuse University Press.
The forces that define America—its creativity, capacity for reinvention, scientific genius, and moral imagination—are stronger than any one man’s madness. They cannot be extinguished; they can only be surrendered.
THE RAIN OF HORROR IN GAZA IS GENOCIDE BY
INTENT, DESIGN AND EXECUTION
Hamas’ attack of October 7 was a horrific war crime and crime against humanity: civilians were killed, families shattered, and hostages taken. I share the trauma and grief of those who lost loved ones. But Israel’s response soon inflicted catastrophic harm on Gaza’s civilian population. I was reluctant to use the word genocide. But the Genocide Convention defines it as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a protected group. It need not resemble the Holocaust or involve the destruction of an entire people. The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry has concluded that Israel committed genocide, citing killings, destructive living conditions, and evidence of genocidal intent. Israel's vehemence in castigating those who called it genocide; action will not absolve Israel’s moral bankruptcy.
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Israel does not merely tolerate settler violence; it enables and deploys it. These crimes form part of a broader policy of dispossession: driving Palestinians from their land and hastening annexation. Yet, instead of demanding that Israel stop committing these crimes, Trump continues to arm Israel. This is complicity in crimes against humanity.
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Truth
Zechariah 14 states that it's a crime in God's view too.
Crap!
Yeah sure Wanker.
Yup
TRUMP DECLARATION OF “TOTAL VICTORY OVER IRAN
MASKS A TRUBLING REALITY HERE AT HOME
Trump’s declaration of “total victory” over Iran masks a far more troubling reality. His arrogance and miscalculation have left the US less secure while empowering Iran. Rather than yielding, Tehran is preparing for another major confrontation, including possible attacks on shipping lanes and vital oil infrastructure. Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran is prepared even for a “doomsday” scenario. Trump’s threats to “annihilate” Iran will not deter its leaders; they may instead harden Iran’s resolve and encourage it to reconsider pursuing nuclear weapons. Trump has strengthened Iran’s regional standing. The Gulf Arab states may now seek accommodation with Tehran rather than confrontation. Trump’s failed policy—driven by arrogance, incompetence, and miscalculation—is felt at home through insecurity, instability, and out-of-control inflation.
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Wishful thinking and TDS.
" . . . and see what happens." He said if Iran got nukes they could attack those cities. Read something. Impress your friends.
You still fucking goats??? Bring it swirly head!!!!!!
Iran is tanking. Oil supply is about to run out and they're not getting money so they're on the edge of collapse
THE OBSENITY OF THE SETTLERS AND THE ISRAELI ARMY
The claim that the IDF is the world’s most moral army has become indefensible simply because Gaza has supplied a record of destruction, deprivation, displacement, and death that every layer of the IDF command structure was aware of, which no slogan can erase. An army’s morality is not measured by its ethical code, its public relations campaigns, or the trauma it invokes; it is measured by what it does to defenseless people when it possesses overwhelming power. The slaughter and the destruction in Gaza by the so-called most moral military is not merely a distortion of language; it is an obscenity: an attempt to turn the suffering of the victims into evidence of the perpetrator’s virtue.
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God bless Israel
Schweinhunde!
AI learning long live Israel
💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯
Zionism genocidal murderers
eliminate the zionist state!
Who designed the photo?
Watch the videos of the two marathons which thousands in Gaza and Bethlehem took part in a few weeks ago. Check out the thousands on the sidelines watching and cheering them on. Watch the landscape, the buildings, and more, and tell me where all this devastation is. I will wait.
Perhaps they needed to spend less time building tunnels and stockpiling munitions and more time building infrastructure.
