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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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10,000 Turkish Police Repress Mayday Labor Protests

10,000 Turkish Police Repress Mayday Labor Protests

Aljazeera Top Stories | – Aljazeera Top Stories: “TURKEY MAYDAY PROTEST” See also: AJ+: “May Day Protest In Turkey Goes Ahead Despite Ban” For more […]

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Climate Change
Tesla batteries: just the beginning of how technology will transform the electric grid

Tesla batteries: just the beginning of how technology will transform the electric grid

By Michael McElfresh | (The Conversation) | – Tesla Motors already makes batteries for its electric cars. On Thursday, it’s expected to introduce battery systems […]

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Bill of Rights
Could the New USA Freedom Act stop NSA Bulk Collection of Americans' Telephone Records?

Could the New USA Freedom Act stop NSA Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records?

By Mark Jaycox and Rainey Reitman | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has reintroduced the USA Freedom Act. The bill is […]

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Colonialism
Palestinian-Israelis:  Hundreds pray outside closed mosque in Beersheba

Palestinian-Israelis: Hundreds pray outside closed mosque in Beersheba

BEERSHEBA (Ma’an) — Some 250 Palestinians performed Friday prayers outside a mosque in Beersheba in southern Israel that Israeli authorities have kept closed since 1948. […]

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Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes

Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The attention span of US television news is so short that it is difficult for it to […]

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Apartheid
Israeli PM Begins Forming Pro-Settlement Coaltion

Israeli PM Begins Forming Pro-Settlement Coaltion

By IMEMC | – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed coalition deals with two parties on Wednesday, in his first steps toward constructing a new […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
The One-State Conundrum:  The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine

The One-State Conundrum: The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine

By Sandy Tolan | (Tomdispatch) | – The SUV slows as it approaches a military kiosk at a break in a dull gray wall. Inside, […]

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Africa
Global Connections:  World History as Social History – a New Synthesis

Global Connections: World History as Social History – a New Synthesis

I and colleagues have just brought out a world history. Because of the fine and exciting writing of my co-authors, it is more than just […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
"We had to destroy Tikrit to save it from ISIL": Recovered Iraqi City a Ghost Town

“We had to destroy Tikrit to save it from ISIL”: Recovered Iraqi City a Ghost Town

By Mustafa Habib | Tikrit | (Niqash.org) – It’s been almost a month since the Islamic State group was expelled from Tikrit. NIQASH went there […]

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