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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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European Fascism plots to change American Culture

European Fascism plots to change American Culture

By Juliette Legendre | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Far more dangerous than the far-right effort to win elections alone is its concerted […]

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Haredim
1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

Middle East Monitor | – – Israel has one of the highest poverty rates of any developed country with the gap between the rich and […]

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Kurds
Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

TeleSur | – – The YPG and allied forces, under the umbrella organization the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), control over 60 percent of the Syrian […]

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Education
A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

By Chuck Collins | (Inequality.org) | – – Blogging Our Great Divide America’s left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump's US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees

Trump’s US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees

By Gordon Brown | (Project Syndicate) | – – The US has decided to withhold more than half of its planned funding for the UNRWA […]

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Iran
Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution

Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution

Homa Hoodfar | (The Conversation) | – – In the lead-up to March 8, I am sometimes asked whether we really still need an International […]

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Saudi Crown Prince Implicated: Credible reports of Torture and Murder in Ritz Carlton: NYT

Saudi Crown Prince Implicated: Credible reports of Torture and Murder in Ritz Carlton: NYT

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The late Saudi Maj. Gen. Ali al-Qahtani is said to have shown up at the morgue […]

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Iraq: Al-Sadr & Communist Party ally against Corruption, Iranian Hegemony

Iraq: Al-Sadr & Communist Party ally against Corruption, Iranian Hegemony

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Nativist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, 44, is encouraging members of his Sadr Movement to vote in […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Victimizing Children: The Stunning New Cruelty of Trump's Immigration Enforcement

Victimizing Children: The Stunning New Cruelty of Trump’s Immigration Enforcement

By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – Whatever your views on immigration, we should all agree not to torment small children. We’ve reached a […]

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