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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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Displaced and Refugees
Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be 'Submerged' by Syrian Refugees

Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees

By IMEMC News | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be “submerged” by refugees after […]

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American Jews
Whether Jewish Refugees in '30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals

Whether Jewish Refugees in ’30s or Syrians today, USA Falls Short of own Ideals

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Germany, a country of 80 million, will take in 800,000 refugees this year, many of them […]

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African-Americans
Can Bernie Sanders become the Frontrunner coming out of Labor Day Weekend?

Can Bernie Sanders become the Frontrunner coming out of Labor Day Weekend?

Ed Schultz | The Ed Show | (Video Interview) | – – “Presidential Candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT, joins Ed Schultz to discuss a […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Why some European countries do more than others to help refugees

Why some European countries do more than others to help refugees

By Tim Hatton | (The Conversation) | – – Not since World War II has Europe faced a refugee crisis comparable with the situation unfolding […]

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Human Rights
Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000

Netanyahu Arrest Petition Hits 100,000

By IMEMC News | – – A petition to the UK government and parliament requesting that the government arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “for […]

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Authoritarianism
Those forced to Europe are mostly Regime Change Refugees

Those forced to Europe are mostly Regime Change Refugees

By Thalif Deen | ( Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands […]

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Unlike Israel's Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal

Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-owned, pan-Arab London daily al-Sharq al-Awsat (the Middle East) reported on the meeting Friday between […]

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Foreign Policy
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer "Third Rate"

Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | – – It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek […]

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