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

“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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Undertaxed: Top 62 Billionaires doubled wealth to $1.76 Trillion since 2010

Undertaxed: Top 62 Billionaires doubled wealth to $1.76 Trillion since 2010

By Sam Pizzigati | (Inequality.org) | – – Our world’s billionaires don’t merit either their billions, the Oxfam economist Didier Jacobs suggests, or the right […]

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censorship
End of Research in Egypt? The murder of my friend Giulio Regeni is an attack on academic freedom

End of Research in Egypt? The murder of my friend Giulio Regeni is an attack on academic freedom

By Neil Pyper | (the Conversation) | The body of Giulio Regeni was discovered in a ditch in Cairo on February 2, showing evidence of […]

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Kurds
Turkey descends into civil war as conflict in southeast escalates

Turkey descends into civil war as conflict in southeast escalates

By Joris Leverink | (Inter Press Service) | – – ISTANBUL, Turkey, (IPS) – – The latest footage to come out of Sur, the historical […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Brazil opens Palestine Embassy after rejecting Israeli Squatter Envoy

Brazil opens Palestine Embassy after rejecting Israeli Squatter Envoy

TeleSur | – – The inauguration comes weeks after Brazil rejected Israel’s ambassador, a former leader of West Bank settlers. The Palestinian Authority inaugurated its […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria:  The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined

Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Aided by a massive Russian bombing campaign and Hizbullah and Iranian (or likely actually Afghan) reinforcements, […]

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Bernie Sanders
Who Won the 2/4 Democratic Debate, Sanders or Clinton?

Who Won the 2/4 Democratic Debate, Sanders or Clinton?

Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola & Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton who was the biggest […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

By Julie Poucher Harbin, editor/ Alberto Fernandez | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Dozens of Middle East studies scholars, students and the general public packed a […]

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Holocaust
Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored  (& Case of Albania)

Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored (& Case of Albania)

Interfaith Peacemakers | – – [N.B. The interfaith ‘I am your Protector” Campaign, founded by Dani Laurence, last week commemorated in several cities the Muslims […]

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Rubio wants to give each millionaire $220K by Eliminating Taxes on Stock Earnings

Rubio wants to give each millionaire $220K by Eliminating Taxes on Stock Earnings

Chuck Collins | Inequality.org | – – Bad tax policy ideas never die, they just get recycled. The latest retread is GOP candidate Marco Rubio’s […]

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