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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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Trump's Criminalization of Muslims goes beyond Travel Ban

Trump’s Criminalization of Muslims goes beyond Travel Ban

Basima Sisemore | (The Conversation) | – – On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court […]

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Internet
Is The Internet A Luxury Or A Right? (Video)

Is The Internet A Luxury Or A Right? (Video)

AJ+ | – – “Ten percent of people in the U.S. don’t have broadband internet, and the number is much higher among rural communities and […]

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Foreign Policy
US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal

US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal

Middle East Monitor | – – The United States has no plans to withdraw troops stationed near the town of Manbij in northern Syria despite […]

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Climate Change
No, Trump, Ice isn’t growing at Poles, and Yes, we are Boiling the Earth

No, Trump, Ice isn’t growing at Poles, and Yes, we are Boiling the Earth

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Associated Press did a useful fact check of Trump’s bizarre assertions on climate change in […]

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Kurds
Ankara warns US spec ops to Abandon Kurds or risk Turkish Attacks

Ankara warns US spec ops to Abandon Kurds or risk Turkish Attacks

TeleSur | – – Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag also stated that “those who support the terrorist organisation will become a target in this […]

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Afghanistan
US Pentagon will Keep fighting in Syria until they win the Vietnam War

US Pentagon will Keep fighting in Syria until they win the Vietnam War

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Vietnam: it’s always there. Looming in the past, informing American futures. A 50-year-old war, once labeled […]

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Donald Trump
"Human Rights" highly Selective in Trump's first Year

“Human Rights” highly Selective in Trump’s first Year

Administration’s Middle East Foreign Policy Dismissive of Rights Values Elisa Epstein, Advocacy Coordinator | ( Human Rights Watch) | – – Senior US officials have […]

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Climate Change
In the Age of Big Climate Change we have to stop Farting Carbon

In the Age of Big Climate Change we have to stop Farting Carbon

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This past year is what the era of Big Climate Change looks like. We are only […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban Massacres nearly 100, wounds150 in Kabul

Afghanistan: Taliban Massacres nearly 100, wounds150 in Kabul

TeleSur | – – The explosion took place in an area near many embassies and government buildings. A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at […]

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