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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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Education
Now they hate Universities: Trumpie anti-Intellectualism infects GOP

Now they hate Universities: Trumpie anti-Intellectualism infects GOP

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A new Pew poll finds that 58% of Republicans now say that colleges and universities have […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New UN Report Documents Legacy of 10-year Siege in Gaza

New UN Report Documents Legacy of 10-year Siege in Gaza

By IMEMC News | – – Most of the projections for 2020, on the situation in the Gaza Strip, have deteriorated further and faster than […]

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Employment
Uber Can be Fixed; and Mideast Women Need It

Uber Can be Fixed; and Mideast Women Need It

By Neslihan Cevik | (Informed Comment) | – – While in such metropolises as New York or Istanbul, Uber is most famous for hacking the […]

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Iraq
Rolex "Caliph" of ISIL Dead:  Syrian Observatory

Rolex “Caliph” of ISIL Dead: Syrian Observatory

TeleSur | – – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death has been widely speculated for months. Reports from the United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, SOHR, […]

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Top 5 Muslim-related Hypocrisies in the Donald Trump Jr. Russia Meeting

Top 5 Muslim-related Hypocrisies in the Donald Trump Jr. Russia Meeting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The dishonesty and bad faith of Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and general pose of hating Muslims […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation

S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation

Ma’an News Agency | – – PRETORIA (Ma’an) — The African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party of South Africa, voted on Tuesday in favor […]

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Iraq
Can the Liberation of Mosul begin to free the Mideast from Fundamentalism?

Can the Liberation of Mosul begin to free the Mideast from Fundamentalism?

By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | – – After an offensive lasting nearly nine months, the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, walked through the […]

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Donald Trump
How Dangerous is Trump’s Flirtation with Violence?

How Dangerous is Trump’s Flirtation with Violence?

By Ian Buruma | (Project Syndicate) | – – NEW YORK – Some people might have dismissed Donald Trump’s recent tweet of a video clip […]

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Corruption
Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)

Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)

Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks News Video) || – – “Hobby Lobby just got caught smuggling. Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich, […]

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