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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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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Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News

Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 1999 film “The Matrix,” written by Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence “Larry” Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Rights group says Past Year was the worst year in Gaza’s history

Rights group says Past Year was the worst year in Gaza’s history

Middle East Monitor | – – The Director of Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights said on Sunday that 2017 was the worst year in the […]

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Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh

Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Tuesday, March 20, is the spring equinox this year. Iranians, Kurds, Central Asians and many in […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai's Mushrif Park

A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai’s Mushrif Park

Middle East Monitor | – – The United Arab Emirates continues to build the world’s largest space city at a cost of $136 million, Director […]

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Guns
Australia solved the gun problem. We can too

Australia solved the gun problem. We can too

By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills.org) | – – A mass shooting created real reform Down Under — and strict gun control has worked. Progressives […]

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Donald Trump
Jared Kushner: "You're Fired!"

Jared Kushner: “You’re Fired!”

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) Here we are a little more than a year into the Trump presidency and his administration’s body count is […]

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Constitution
Trump, McCabe and our Permanent Constitutional Crisis

Trump, McCabe and our Permanent Constitutional Crisis

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s conviction that being president means never having to say you are sorry, and being able […]

Juan Cole

Chemical Weapons
From Dead Spies to Dead Syrian Villagers, Russian Denialism on Chemical Attacks

From Dead Spies to Dead Syrian Villagers, Russian Denialism on Chemical Attacks

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – Russia’s RT links the Skripal poisoning to British jealousy over hosting of the World Cup There’s […]

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Donald Trump
Under Pompeo, will Trump Foreign Policy be Even Worse?

Under Pompeo, will Trump Foreign Policy be Even Worse?

By Alastair Sloan | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The appointment of Mike Pompeo as the new US Secretary of State by Donald Trump […]

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