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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Qur'an
Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at The New Arab

Review of Juan Cole, “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace” at The New Arab

The war ended with the rise of a movement with a radical peace message and that movement was Islam.

Juan Cole

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Mattis was no Shining Knight: From backing Yemen War to Whitewashing Khashoggi Murder

Mattis was no Shining Knight: From backing Yemen War to Whitewashing Khashoggi Murder

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment): Official Washington was horrified at the resignation on Thursday of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who wrote Trump a letter (below) […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, and relations with Turkey Soar

Trump abandons Syrian Kurds, and relations with Turkey Soar

Trump and Erdogan “agreed to ensure more effective cooperation” on Syria

Francesco Fontemaggi

Pentagon
The New Role of the US Navy as Brig for the World

The New Role of the US Navy as Brig for the World

During the first 20 years of the drug interdiction program, the U.S. detained around 200 individuals per year on board ships.

Karen J. Greenberg

Israel
"Dangerous!:" Israel Denounces Trump's withdrawal from Syria

“Dangerous!:” Israel Denounces Trump’s withdrawal from Syria

Syrian Kurds also protest “Stab in the Back”

Middle East Monitor

Bangladesh
Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

“At Cox’s Bazar, five thousand acres of forest have already been destroyed.”

TeleSur

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A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal

Israel is gradually losing options for asserting itself over its neighbors militarily

Juan Cole

BDS
Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Why Politics in 2019 will have a Lot More Backbone

Democracy in its current iteration can no longer sustain us

Tracey L. Rogers

Turkey
Trump Leaves Syria, then Turkey Announces $3.5 bn Patriot Missile Buy

Trump Leaves Syria, then Turkey Announces $3.5 bn Patriot Missile Buy

The Trump admin. had issued an ultimatum after US outrage over the NATO ally’s earlier plans to buy from Russia.

AFP

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