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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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How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off protests

How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off protests

By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence | – – Rob Levin, a Quaker attorney in Portland, Maine, has been concerned about the growing climate […]

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Syria
Syria’s war at home is giving way to dangerous proxy conflicts

Syria’s war at home is giving way to dangerous proxy conflicts

By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – As Syrian government forces crush the country’s largest remaining rebel strongholds and with Bashar al-Assad apparently […]

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Donald Trump
Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson's helming of State Department

Tower of Jello: The Struggle of Russia and UAE over Tillerson’s helming of State Department

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The New Yorker reports that there was a further Steele memo, prepared by the same ex-MI6 […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists

Ignoring White Supremacists, Trump Smears Immigrants as Terrorists

By Arnold R. Isaacs | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When you see an immigrant or a foreign visitor, especially from a Muslim country, should […]

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Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony 'Deal of the Century'

Netanyahu & Trump, both under Investigation, Meet on phony ‘Deal of the Century’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Monday with far right white nationalist president […]

Juan Cole

Protestants
American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation

American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation

By Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – This season, the best-selling book in the U.S. is Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the […]

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Authoritarianism
The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight "Fake News"

The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight “Fake News”

By Courtney C. Radsch | (Project Syndicate) | – – Laws meant to curb “fake news” may be well intentioned, but their implementation has been […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria's Regime uses Chemical Weapons

Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria’s Regime uses Chemical Weapons

By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – False claims in the UN security council: Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari At a meeting [last month] of […]

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Corruption
Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?

Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the surprises thrown up by the Gulf crisis and by the Mueller investigation is […]

Juan Cole

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