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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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Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

By Alice Evans | ( British Politics and Policy at LSE) Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni […]

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Iran
Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) The hijab became compulsory in Iran after the 1979 revolution. A small number of Iranian women, risking arrest to […]

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Inequality
The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression

The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression

By Charles Hankla | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally appears poised to make good on his promised threats to slam the […]

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UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria's East Ghouta

UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria’s East Ghouta

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned Syrian (and […]

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Saudi Arabia
Is the Saudi Elite Cannibalizing itself?

Is the Saudi Elite Cannibalizing itself?

By Hugh Miles | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The weekend of 4-5 November 2017 was an eventful one in Saudi Arabia; a missile […]

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Corruption
The Russians aren’t the only election hackers

The Russians aren’t the only election hackers

By Reese Erlich | (48hills.org ) | – – The US has interfered in elections all over the world — and this Russian ‘crisis’ is […]

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Donald Trump
Pence's White Nationalist exclusion of Syrian Refugees Struck Down by Court

Pence’s White Nationalist exclusion of Syrian Refugees Struck Down by Court

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt has struck down former Indiana governor and present vice president […]

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Foreign Policy
Iran bans Dollar for import Trade in anti-Sanctions Campaign

Iran bans Dollar for import Trade in anti-Sanctions Campaign

TeleSur | – – Mehdi Kasraeipour, the Central Bank of Iran’s director of foreign exchange rules and policies, said the move is unlikely to meet […]

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Iran
Are Iran and Saudi Arabia competing for the soul of Iraq?

Are Iran and Saudi Arabia competing for the soul of Iraq?

By Saleem al-Wazzan | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraqis can now visit a special visa-free zone in neighbouring Iran, over the border from Basra. Some […]

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