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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?

Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bad news came out of Syria for Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on two fronts Friday: Aleppo and, […]

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Climate Change
Strongest Tropical Storm ever in S. Hemisphere Hits Fiji (It's Getting Hot in Here)

Strongest Tropical Storm ever in S. Hemisphere Hits Fiji (It’s Getting Hot in Here)

Breaking News | (Video, Twitter report) | – – Cyclone Winston: Incredible conditions in Savusavu, Fiji | 20 02 2016 Winston now strongest tropical cyclone […]

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Climate Change
Koch Brothers Declare War On Electric Cars

Koch Brothers Declare War On Electric Cars

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Ana Kasparian & Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “This is the election where we’re finally focusing […]

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Iran:  Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

Iran: Poet of Gender Discrimination flees Lashes, 11.5 Year Sentence

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL ) | – – To get her first book of poetry past the Iranian censor, Fatemeh Ekhtesari did what […]

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Government surveillance
How the FBI is endangering everyone's Security to get at one iPhone

How the FBI is endangering everyone’s Security to get at one iPhone

By Joseph Bonneau | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The legal dispute between Apple and the FBI might prove pivotal in the long-running […]

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France
France: Turkish-Russian 'War' Possible over Syria

France: Turkish-Russian ‘War’ Possible over Syria

TeleSur | – – The French president said Russia and Turkey could engage in war over Turkish involvement in Syria as Russia called for an […]

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Why Trump's tiff with the Pope endangers his Political Future

Why Trump’s tiff with the Pope endangers his Political Future

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump’s tiff with Pope Francis continued on Thursday, though Trump appears to have […]

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No, it isn’t all one Thing:  The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam

No, it isn’t all one Thing: The Variety of Religious Experience in Islam

By Aaron W. Hughes | (The Conversation) | – – The rise of Islamic State has led to much speculation about the group’s origins: how […]

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Civility?  Professor Proposes Israel “flatten” a City of 1 million

Civility? Professor Proposes Israel “flatten” a City of 1 million

By Belén Fernández | ( TeleSur ) | – – No, Israel Should Not Flatten Beirut: A debate over whether Israel should commit war crimes […]

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