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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

By IMEMC News | – – An Israeli court sentenced, Sunday, democratically-elected leftist Palestinian legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for […]

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Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his never-ending trolling of the American public, Donald Trump has now come out and urged […]

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Barack Obama
Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL:  Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL: Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama addressed the nation on Sunday night, in an attempt to calm the public mood […]

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Climate Change
Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For six centuries or more, history was, above all, the story of the great game of empires. […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISIL/ Daesh can be Starved of Oil Revenue: Here's How

ISIL/ Daesh can be Starved of Oil Revenue: Here’s How

By David Stupples | (The Conversation) | – – The high costs of running the Islamic State’s “caliphate” and fighting a ground war are largely […]

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Climate Change
A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

By Lina Eklund | ( Your Middle East “When it comes to climate change the Middle East is part of the problem and will definitely […]

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History
Vacuum of Knowledge:  What you Need to know about the History of Syria

Vacuum of Knowledge: What you Need to know about the History of Syria

Via ISLAMICommentary Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN for ISLAMiCommentary on DECEMBER 4, 2015: Is […]

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Plutocracy
Peak Inequality?  400 US Billionaires are wealthier than 190 Million fellow Americans

Peak Inequality? 400 US Billionaires are wealthier than 190 Million fellow Americans

By Chuck Collins & Josh Hoxie, | (Institute for Policy Studies) | – – This report exposes the extreme wealth concentrated within the fortunes of […]

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censorship
Turkish Dr. faces Prison for Comparing Pres Erdogan to Gollum of Lord of the Rings

Turkish Dr. faces Prison for Comparing Pres Erdogan to Gollum of Lord of the Rings

AJ+ | (Video news report) | – – “Turkish doctor Bilgin Ciftci posted a meme with side-by-side pictures comparing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey […]

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