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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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Is Corporate Media Enabling GOP Hate Speech?

Is Corporate Media Enabling GOP Hate Speech?

By Sarah Lazare, staff writer| (Commondreams.org) | – – Watchdogs say corporate media is stoking racist and fear-mongering rhetoric The moderators of last night's CNN […]

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National Security State
"No-Fly List" Riddled with Errors, impossible to Get off of

“No-Fly List” Riddled with Errors, impossible to Get off of

By Raymond Bonner | (Special to ProPublica) |- – This story was co-published with The Daily Beast. As the Senate debated a proposal earlier this […]

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Russia
Flash Point: Could Turkey block Russian access to Mediterrranean?

Flash Point: Could Turkey block Russian access to Mediterrranean?

By Tony Wesolowsky | ( RFE/ RL) | – – Could Turkey block Russia’s access to one of the world’s most strategic waterways? That question […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Sign of new Intifada?  Majority of Palestinians support knife attacks

Sign of new Intifada? Majority of Palestinians support knife attacks

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The majority of Palestinians support the recent string stabbing attacks against Israelis, a poll released Monday […]

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Arab World
Top 5 Ways Saudi Arabia really could fight Terrorism, & not by a Vague Coalition

Top 5 Ways Saudi Arabia really could fight Terrorism, & not by a Vague Coalition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Over the past three days, Saudi Arabia has abruptly put together a 35-nation Muslim coalition to […]

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journalism
Spectaculection:  Bread, Circuses and decline of US Media

Spectaculection: Bread, Circuses and decline of US Media

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Sometimes what matters most takes up every inch of space in the room and somehow we still […]

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Corruption
GOP Congress plans $100 bn. tax cut as Xmas Present for Corporations

GOP Congress plans $100 bn. tax cut as Xmas Present for Corporations

By Jessica Schieder | (Otherwords.org) | – – This year-end tax package is a grab bag of gifts for corporations and a lump of coal […]

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Far Right
Trump, Daesh/ ISIL, and the Cliché of Civilizations

Trump, Daesh/ ISIL, and the Cliché of Civilizations

By By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – A few politicians and intellectuals decry "Islamofascists," but the real target of Islamophobia […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Int'l Criminal Court group will fact-find in Israeli-Occupied Palestine

Int’l Criminal Court group will fact-find in Israeli-Occupied Palestine

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A delegation from the International Criminal Court is expected to visit the occupied Palestinian territory in […]

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