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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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American Jews
Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades

Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades

By Marjorie N. Feld, Babson College | – Since October 2023, American Jews have been engaged in an intense, fractious debate over Israel’s war in […]

The Conversation

Arab Americans
Rupture and Repair:  A report by the Stanford Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities Committee

Rupture and Repair: A report by the Stanford Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities Committee

May 2024 Rupture and Repair is published in pdf format here. Below I excerpt a couple of pages in html with the permission of the […]

contributors

Democratic Party
Not your Father's Israel:  Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools

Not your Father’s Israel: Extremist Israeli PM Netanyahu is Playing Biden and Blinken for Fools

Though Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries signed onto inviting Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24 in the “spirit […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Food Insecurity
The Looming Famine in Gaza is an Extension of Israel's Colonial Power

The Looming Famine in Gaza is an Extension of Israel’s Colonial Power

By Caroline Lund and Brendan Ciarán Browne ( Middle East Monitor ) – Since October last year, it is estimated that approximately 70,000 tons of […]

Middle East Monitor

art and photography
The Art of the Submarine: Or 5,824 Hiroshima's per Sub

The Art of the Submarine: Or 5,824 Hiroshima’s per Sub

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Walk through any art museum and you’re likely to see a mix of the classical and contemporary, impressionist and surrealist, refined […]

Frida Berrigan

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UN Human Rights Commission: Israel's is among most Criminal Armies in the World, Clear intention of forcible Dislocation

UN Human Rights Commission: Israel’s is among most Criminal Armies in the World, Clear intention of forcible Dislocation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On June 13, I analyzed the report of The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory […]

Juan Cole

Hizbullah
Israel Threatens all-out War against Lebanon's Hezbollah: Curve-ball for US Presidential Campaign?

Israel Threatens all-out War against Lebanon’s Hezbollah: Curve-ball for US Presidential Campaign?

By Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway University of London | – (The Conversation) – Israel has announced that it is ready to go to war with […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Why the United States is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine

Why the United States is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine

( Code Pink ) – On June 13, Hamas responded to persistent needling by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the U.S. proposal for […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency strikes Islam's Holy Ritual, with nearly 600 dead of Heat stroke at 124.24° F. in Mecca

Climate Emergency strikes Islam’s Holy Ritual, with nearly 600 dead of Heat stroke at 124.24° F. in Mecca

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the temperature in Mecca reached 125.24° F. (51.8° C.) on Tuesday, word leaked out that nearly 600 pilgrims had […]

Juan Cole

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