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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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Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica Firm Involved in Trump Campaign

Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica Firm Involved in Trump Campaign

TeleSur | – – The social media company warned it “will take legal action if necessary to hold them responsible and accountable for any unlawful […]

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Thousands flee E. Ghouta as Regime Army Advances, Rebels ask for Talks

Thousands flee E. Ghouta as Regime Army Advances, Rebels ask for Talks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thousands of civilians fled the southern pocket of the East Ghouta suburb of Damascus on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

Christians
Oh Magog! Apocalyptic Christianity Returns to U.S. Foreign Policy

Oh Magog! Apocalyptic Christianity Returns to U.S. Foreign Policy

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Trump is no churchgoer. But for evangelicals, his hard right line on Israel […]

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Green Transportation
Total cost of Owning  an Electric Vehicle falling below Gasoline Dinosaurs

Total cost of Owning an Electric Vehicle falling below Gasoline Dinosaurs

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada | (The Conversation) | – – Global interest in climate change – its effects on the environment and society […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s new Jewish state bill ‘institutionalising the apartheid regime’

Israel’s new Jewish state bill ‘institutionalising the apartheid regime’

Middle East Monitor | – – The Israeli Knesset is fast tracking a “nation-state bill” which opposition groups have denounced as “institutionalising the apartheid regime”. […]

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Why Electric SUVs will save the American Car Companies, not China Tariffs

Why Electric SUVs will save the American Car Companies, not China Tariffs

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Joann Muller at Forbes, in a piece on Ford Motor Company’s plans vastly to expand its […]

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Solar Energy
Europe to finance $800 mn. for Indian Solar Industry

Europe to finance $800 mn. for Indian Solar Industry

By Frédéric Simon | EURACTIV.com | – – A handout photo made available by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) showing the Indian Prime […]

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Donald Trump
Pompeo's rise at State will make Mideast war more likely

Pompeo’s rise at State will make Mideast war more likely

By Gregory Aftandilian | (The Conversation) | – – After U.S. president Donald Trump fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, many analysts have focused […]

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National Security State
Can Democracy Survive Trump's untransparent Forever Wars Abroad?

Can Democracy Survive Trump’s untransparent Forever Wars Abroad?

By William J. Astore | ( Tomdisptach.com ) | – – Overseas, the United States is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped, […]

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