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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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What Everyone Should Know about the Prophet Muhammad

What Everyone Should Know about the Prophet Muhammad

Steve Scholl | (Spirituality and Health Magazine) | – – Muhammad has become a strangely unifying figure in America—able to get conservative Glenn Beck and […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Dear Mayor Giuliani:  We can’t turn our backs on Syrian Refugees

Dear Mayor Giuliani: We can’t turn our backs on Syrian Refugees

Akil Awan | (Informed Comment) | – – I recently visited Jordan as part of my work on political violence and youth radicalisation for the […]

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Donald Trump
Will Trump do a deal with Iran or try to Overthrow its Government?

Will Trump do a deal with Iran or try to Overthrow its Government?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For all his bluster about renegotiating the Joint Plan for Collective Action regarding Iran’s nuclear enrichment […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Will Trump really be Isolationist?  Or will he March us to War?

Will Trump really be Isolationist? Or will he March us to War?

By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “So is he going to win?” The question washed over me as I slumped in my hard […]

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Islam-hatred
FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%

FBI Confirms Rampant Islamophobia: Hate Crimes Surged by 67%

TeleSur | – – While anti-Muslims crimes shot up, Jews still remain the most frequent target of religious-based hate crimes in the U.S. From last […]

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Donald Trump
A Jerusalem Litmus Test

A Jerusalem Litmus Test

By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | – – A quick and early litmus test of Trump’s “pragmatism”: Will he move the U.S. embassy […]

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Far Right
Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon:  "Anger is a Good thing" "if you're Fighting to Take this Country Back"

Neofascist Trump Appointee Bannon: “Anger is a Good thing” “if you’re Fighting to Take this Country Back”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump named Neofascist Stephen Bannon as his White House strategist, a co-equal with incoming White […]

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Arab World
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

By Christopher M. Davidson | (Informed Comment) | – – Swept along on a tidal wave of euphoria, by spring 2011 many had cautiously begun […]

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Iraq War
A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal:  In Memoriam

A Gwen Ifill Interview with Juan Cole on Iraq & US Withdrawal: In Memoriam

Gwen Ifill/ Juan Cole | (PBS NewsHour) | – – Gwen Ifill, long-time co-anchor of the PBS Newshour, is dead at 61, after a battle […]

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