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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

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Russell Brand:  Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen - Which Is Terrorism?

Russell Brand: Chapel Hill Vs Copenhagen – Which Is Terrorism?

Russell Brand | (The Trews) – “Reaction to the media coverage of the Chapel Hill killings last week and the shootings in Copenhagen.” Chapel Hill […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Not your Founding Fathers' America:  Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Surveillance

Not your Founding Fathers’ America: Permanent War, Permanent Election Campaigns, Guns, Drones and Surveillance

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) I never fail to be amazed — and that’s undoubtedly my failing.  I mean, if you retain a capacity for […]

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Iraq
Just when you thought they Couldn't be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

Just when you thought they Couldn’t be Worse: ISIL trafficking Human Organs

RT | – The Islamic State is harvesting human organs to finance its blood-driven caliphate, according to Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, urging its […]

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NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

NSA making all vulnerable online with Equation Viruses on your Computer

TheLipTV | – “Malware in hard drive firmware is the latest, and most sophisticated spying tool the NSA is suspected of using, with Kaspersky Labs […]

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Today's Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ ISIL

Today’s Top 7 Myths about Daesh/ ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The self-styled ‘Islamic State’ Group (ISIS or ISIL), the Arabic acronym for which is Daesh, is increasingly haunting […]

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China
Hidden Dragon: China quietly becomes a Major Player in the Middle East

Hidden Dragon: China quietly becomes a Major Player in the Middle East

By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) – The era of Western neo-colonial dominance in the Middle East may finally be drawing to a bloody close. […]

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Energy
Elon Musk's Battery for Solar Homes may Change Electric Utilities forever

Elon Musk’s Battery for Solar Homes may Change Electric Utilities forever

TomoNews | – “Tesla is developing a battery that can power homes with stored solar energy so that users do not need to draw power […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Sunni Sheikh Killed trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists

Iraq: Sunni Sheikh Killed trying to Mediate between Shiite, Sunni Extremists

By Erin Evers | (Human Rights Watch) In Latifiyya, a small town 20 miles south of Baghdad, fighting has been raging since long before the […]

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al-Qaeda
2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat'l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals

2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat’l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals

CCTV Africa | – “Footage from Benghazi showed troops, equipped with tanks, gun-mounted trucks and automatic weapons, advancing through farmland.” CCTV Africa: “Libya’s Army Makes […]

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