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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem

Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem

The ICJ was asked to declare that moving the embassy to occupied Jerusalem constituted a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt

Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt

According to top Spanish sports daily Marca, she was offered a Real Madrid jersey and posed for photos with Emilio Butragueno

AFP

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15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A little over 15 years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq on false pretences, the Department of State […]

Juan Cole

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Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake's Elevator to Alyssa Milano

Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake’s Elevator to Alyssa Milano

there was a 201 percent increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline on Thursday

Charlotte Plantive

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers

Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a […]

Maan News Agency

Yemen
In Midst of Saudi-US war on Yemen, Doctors Despair as Babies die in ‘Orphaned Province’

In Midst of Saudi-US war on Yemen, Doctors Despair as Babies die in ‘Orphaned Province’

Daleh (Yemen) (AFP) – At Nasr Hospital’s emergency room in the Yemeni city of Daleh, a little boy struggles to breathe. He is too tired, […]

AFP

Human Rights
Cologne: 10,000 to Protest Turkey’s Erdogan on Human Rights

Cologne: 10,000 to Protest Turkey’s Erdogan on Human Rights

by Michelle FITZPATRICK | – Cologne (Germany) (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to open one of Europe’s largest mosques in Cologne […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine President Abbas:  Trump’s US too biased to Mediate Mideast Conflict

Palestine President Abbas: Trump’s US too biased to Mediate Mideast Conflict

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas tore into the Trump administration Thursday, refusing to accept the United States as the sole […]

Jennie Matthew

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Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women's Murder Capital

Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women’s Murder Capital

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it abundantly clear in the hearing on Thursday that he cares more about Republican Party control of the Supreme Court […]

Juan Cole

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