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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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Israel's Squatter Settlements on Palestinian Land Undermine its Security

Israel’s Squatter Settlements on Palestinian Land Undermine its Security

Bill Van Esveld | (Human Rights Watch) – Israel’s prime minister has set the agenda for his visit to Washington, DC: the impact on Israel’s […]

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4 Things more Dangerous to Israel than Iran's civilian Nuclear Enrichment

4 Things more Dangerous to Israel than Iran’s civilian Nuclear Enrichment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s strident and continual harping on the alleged dangers of Iran to Israel’s security […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Palestine to take Israel to Int'l Criminal Court for War Crimes

Palestine to take Israel to Int’l Criminal Court for War Crimes

RT | – A Palestinian man stands at his makeshift shelter near the ruins of his house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling […]

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Apartheid
Gaza's sole power plant to close as funding runs out

Gaza’s sole power plant to close as funding runs out

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s only power plant is due to shut down by the end of this week as donor funding for fuel in […]

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Iraq
The problem with Iraq's offensive against the Islamic State

The problem with Iraq’s offensive against the Islamic State

BAGHDAD (IRIN) – As the Iraqi army and affiliated militias sweep into northern Iraq to try to re-take the city of Tikrit from so-called Islamic […]

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Barack Obama
“Kiss Me!” Bibi Tells Boehner:  Bibi and Boehner as Mario and the Magician

“Kiss Me!” Bibi Tells Boehner: Bibi and Boehner as Mario and the Magician

By Raouf J. Halaby | (LeMonde Diplomatique) – Published in 1929, German author Thomas Mann’s novella Mario and the Magician is not only Mann’s evocatively […]

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What does Iran think of Netanyahu's Interference in Talks?

What does Iran think of Netanyahu’s Interference in Talks?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes a bid to thwart President Barack Obama’s foreign policy toward Iran, […]

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Apartheid
Gaza’s Food Insecurity made even worse by Environmental Damage of Israel’s War, Blockade

Gaza’s Food Insecurity made even worse by Environmental Damage of Israel’s War, Blockade

By Mel Frykberg BEIT LAHIYA, Northern Gaza Strip (IPS) – Extensive damage to Gaza’s environment as a result of the Israeli blockade and its devastating […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
British University SOAS Votes to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

British University SOAS Votes to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions

By Alternative Information Center | – A historic victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was achieved Friday in the referendum on the […]

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