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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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Domestic Surveillance
Feds: We can read all your email, and you'll never know

Feds: We can read all your email, and you’ll never know

By Clark D. Cunningham | (The Conversation) | – – Fear of hackers reading private emails in cloud-based systems like Microsoft Outlook, Gmail or Yahoo […]

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Number of US Troops in Iraq Heading toward 6,000

Number of US Troops in Iraq Heading toward 6,000

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US plans to send another 500 troops to Iraq to help with the massive Mosul […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Questioning US Arms Sales, impunity for Saudi Arabia

Questioning US Arms Sales, impunity for Saudi Arabia

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) | – – The bi-partisan failure to review the nature and benefit of the US-Saudi relationship has been a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel releases Jerusalem journalist after she served 6-months for Facebook post

Israel releases Jerusalem journalist after she served 6-months for Facebook post

By Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities released Palestinian journalist Samah Dweik on Monday, after she served nearly six months […]

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Colonialism
Colonial Slow Genocide:  Palestinian Leader Abbas asks Britain for “Balfour” Apology

Colonial Slow Genocide: Palestinian Leader Abbas asks Britain for “Balfour” Apology

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine, is asking Britain for an apology for its having in 1917 […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
UN Calls Out Saudi Arabia for Killing Yemeni Women and Children

UN Calls Out Saudi Arabia for Killing Yemeni Women and Children

By TeleSur | – – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon demanded all parties fighting in Yemen “fully respect their obligations under international humanitarian law.” In a […]

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Iraq
Iraq’s Growth Industry: Free-Lance Civilian Bomb Disposal

Iraq’s Growth Industry: Free-Lance Civilian Bomb Disposal

By Kamal al-Ayash | Ramadi | ( Niqash.org) | – – Locals are struggling to get rid of the explosive booby-traps the Islamic State left […]

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Arms Sales
America's New Reality:  Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots

America’s New Reality: Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Recently, sorting through a pile of old children’s books, I came across a volume, That […]

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Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal

Why the Boeing & Airbus Sales to Iran are a Big Effing Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the real power center for […]

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