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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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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Warn Israel Following Strike That Killed General

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Warn Israel Following Strike That Killed General

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) — The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) warned on January 20 that Israel should expect “devastating thunderbolts” in response […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Israel's Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

Israel’s Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — There are several questions around the Israeli helicopter gunship strike on Mazari` al-Amal in Syria’s Quneitra Province, which […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int'l Criminal Court

Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int’l Criminal Court

By Alexandra Halaby – (IMEMC & Agencies) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the ICC announcement by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to initiate a […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

The Economist | — “Africans have been waiting for decades for the mains electricity which the rich world takes for granted. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 910m people […]

Juan Cole

Cartoon
The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”

The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”

Paul Jamiol | (Jamiol’s World) Via Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Economy
Richest 1% will have more Wealth than rest of Humankind by 2016

Richest 1% will have more Wealth than rest of Humankind by 2016

BBC | — “Wealth amassed by the richest 1% will overtake the amount owned by the rest of the people in the world, according to […]

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African-Americans
Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In one of his last speeches, at Grosse Point, MI., the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., laid out […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

CCTV America | — “CCTV America’s Susan Roberts interviewed Yemen correspondent for The Times of London Iona Craig about how Yemen has played a role […]

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Apartheid
We must Support Palestinians' Decision to Join the Int'l Criminal Court

We must Support Palestinians’ Decision to Join the Int’l Criminal Court

By Kenneth Roth | (Human Rights Watch)– Published in: Los Angeles Times The Israel exception to Western governments’ human rights principles has been starkly on […]

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