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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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60 Years later, Suez Crisis looks a lot like Iraq War

60 Years later, Suez Crisis looks a lot like Iraq War

By Nigel Ashton | (The Conversation) | – – Does history repeat itself? Never perfectly or precisely, but some of the parallels between Anthony Eden’s […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UNESCO dared say Jerusalem is Sacred to *3* Faiths & So Netanyahu Smeared It

UNESCO dared say Jerusalem is Sacred to *3* Faiths & So Netanyahu Smeared It

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Did Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi actually read the UNESCO Resolution full text of the […]

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Iraq:  Barzani pledges Kurdish forces won't Enter Mosul

Iraq: Barzani pledges Kurdish forces won’t Enter Mosul

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Masoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (a super-province of Iraq) said Thursday that […]

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Christians
Does Trump's lag prove the end of White Christian America?

Does Trump’s lag prove the end of White Christian America?

Robert P. Jones | The Atlantic | (Video News Report) | – – ‘The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and […]

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Iraq
Int'l Conflict over Aleppo & Mosul is Making local Civil Wars Worse

Int’l Conflict over Aleppo & Mosul is Making local Civil Wars Worse

By Christopher Hill | (Project Syndicate) | – – DENVER – The Middle East’s tragic tale of two cities – Aleppo in Syria and Mosul […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios

Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios

By James L. Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – Most military analysts believe it’s only a matter of time before Mosul falls. Mosul is […]

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Starstruck & Party-Fanatic:  The Moral Paradox of Trump Support

Starstruck & Party-Fanatic: The Moral Paradox of Trump Support

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump’s poll numbers in California have cratered down to 28%. If he actually does […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?

Megyn Kelly-Newt Gingrich Blow-up on Fox: Are White Women deserting Trump?

Farron Cousins | (Ring of Fire Video Report) | – – “Newt Gingrich tried to tell Megyn Kelly of Fox News that she was obsessed […]

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Corporate Surveillance
AT&T Profits by Spying on You for Gov't, Killing 4th Amendment

AT&T Profits by Spying on You for Gov’t, Killing 4th Amendment

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – If companies are allowed to operate in this manner without repercussions, our democracy has no […]

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