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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

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF

2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF

By Matthew Tempest | ( EurActiv.com ) | – – Syria: Abdulaziz (in red), 10, whose father was killed in the continuing conflict, spends time […]

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Far Right
The Reich Strikes Back?  Neo-Nazis Call for a Boycott of New Star Wars Movie

The Reich Strikes Back? Neo-Nazis Call for a Boycott of New Star Wars Movie

By TeleSur | – – White-supremacists are upset because nearly all of the major characters on the new Star Wars film are people of color. […]

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Donald Trump
No, America, it wasn’t Russia: You did it to Yourself

No, America, it wasn’t Russia: You did it to Yourself

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The headlines scream, “Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House” […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Fate of Iraq’s Minorities After Mosul

The Fate of Iraq’s Minorities After Mosul

By Tyler Fisher and Kamal Kolo | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The liberation of Mosul offers the international community a unique opportunity to permit […]

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Donald Trump
How We Can fight back against Trump's Anti-EPA

How We Can fight back against Trump’s Anti-EPA

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency is a […]

Juan Cole

Plutocracy
Billionairocracy:  Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it

Billionairocracy: Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – Given his cabinet picks so far, it’s reasonable to assume that The Donald finds hanging out […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Barghouthi: Israel’s Legitimizing Squatter Settlements a Declaration of War on Palestinians

Barghouthi: Israel’s Legitimizing Squatter Settlements a Declaration of War on Palestinians

By IMEMC | – – Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa al-Barghouthi, on Tuesday, said the legitimization of settlement outposts, by the Israeli Knesset, is “a war on […]

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Donald Trump
German Advertisers pull ads from Breitbart, having seen this Picture

German Advertisers pull ads from Breitbart, having seen this Picture

TeleSur | – – The decision to drop advertising from the far-right mouthpiece came on the back of a “No Money for The Right” campaign. […]

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Syria unlikely to be Partitioned:  The Resilience of Colonial Borders

Syria unlikely to be Partitioned: The Resilience of Colonial Borders

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whenever a country falls into civil war, there are always observers who suggest that the problem […]

Juan Cole

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