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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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Iraq
Payback Time: Mosul Militias Backstabbed By ISIL Plot Revenge

Payback Time: Mosul Militias Backstabbed By ISIL Plot Revenge

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – It’s not only the Iraqi army gunning for the Islamic State in Mosul. The extremists’ […]

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Turkish Gov't arrests 15 Opposition MPs in Further Descent into Dictatorship

Turkish Gov’t arrests 15 Opposition MPs in Further Descent into Dictatorship

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Turkish government has detained 11 members of parliament from the leftist, feminist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
How we gave up the Freedoms the Greatest Generation Fought & Died For

How we gave up the Freedoms the Greatest Generation Fought & Died For

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – To say that this is the election from hell is to insult hell. There’s been nothing like […]

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Far Right
The Trump Golem Runs Amok

The Trump Golem Runs Amok

By Shalom Goldman | ( Patheos.com ) | – – A year ago, as U.S citizens of both political parties were developing a fascination with […]

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Arab Americans
Are Arabs White?

Are Arabs White?

Dena Takruri | (AJ+ Vidoe Report) | – – “White” – without the privilege. Arab-Americans are ready to check their own box on the U.S. […]

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Democratic Party
Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?

Alt-Right Fever Swamp or 1st liberal Supreme Court in a Generation?

By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The U.S. presidential election continues to grind agonizingly to its conclusion. Maybe you haven’t noticed, […]

Juan Cole

Culture
Hasan Minhaj on New Brown America and His Superpowers

Hasan Minhaj on New Brown America and His Superpowers

Hari Kondabolu and W. Kamau Bell interview Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj on their podcast Politically Re-Active.

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Authoritarianism
Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?

Save America from Trump to fix America, or, Did your Mother Drop you on Your Head?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – When I trained as a lifeguard they warned us that you have to be very careful […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Struggle Of Palestinian Olive Farmers Under Israeli Occupation

The Struggle Of Palestinian Olive Farmers Under Israeli Occupation

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “These Palestinians can only access their land for a couple of days per year. This is how […]

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