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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

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The last Time we had a President bored by Intel Briefings, we got 9/11

The last Time we had a President bored by Intel Briefings, we got 9/11

By Ronald Stockton | (Informed Comment) | – – Former CIA head and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta recently said that if President Elect Trump […]

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In Aftermath of Trump's Win, More Than 1,000 Hate Crimes in a Month

In Aftermath of Trump’s Win, More Than 1,000 Hate Crimes in a Month

TeleSur | – – Over one-third of the incidents made mention of President-elect Donald Trump. Over 1,000 hate crimes have been reported since Donald Trump […]

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Democracy
Demonization of Putin as "Personally" behind Clinton Hack is old Propaganda Technique

Demonization of Putin as “Personally” behind Clinton Hack is old Propaganda Technique

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leaked allegations supposedly from the CIA that Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally” directed how hacked emails […]

Juan Cole

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Trump Taps Man More Far-Right Than Netanyahu to Be Israel Envoy

Trump Taps Man More Far-Right Than Netanyahu to Be Israel Envoy

TeleSur | – – The U.S. president-elect choose David Friedman, who runs a group supporting ultra-right Jewish settlers in Palestine, as his ambassador to Israel. […]

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Iran
The Thin Line Between Political Censorship and Fighting Fake News in Iran

The Thin Line Between Political Censorship and Fighting Fake News in Iran

By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | – – The Iranian government is reportedly taking steps to expand regulations on large public news channels on […]

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Climate Change
Trump’s plan to drown World in Oil is a Planetary Nightmare

Trump’s plan to drown World in Oil is a Planetary Nightmare

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could […]

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Why do GOP Presidents get to go Hard Right, and Dems are just GOP Lite?

Why do GOP Presidents get to go Hard Right, and Dems are just GOP Lite?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I belong to no organized political party. I am a Democrat. After it was confirmed that […]

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It’s the Economy, Stupid:  Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East

It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East

Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | – – FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called […]

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Donald Trump claims torture 'works' – but what does the science say?

Donald Trump claims torture ‘works’ – but what does the science say?

By Coral Dando | (The Conversation) | – – The US president-elect Donald Trump has on several occasions insisted that torture is a good idea […]

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