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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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astronomy and outer space
Nature's Fireworks:  The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Nature’s Fireworks: The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Euronews | — No Comment TV: “Magnetic midnight in Norway – no comment”

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UAE
2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai (New Year Fireworks)

Juan Cole

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Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The UN Security Council yesterday voted down an Arab League resolution on Palestine that would have called for […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
We have so much to Learn from Cuba

We have so much to Learn from Cuba

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr In this column, Robert F. Kennedy – son of Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy […]

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Egypt
Egypt's 2014 Thermidor:  The Counter-Revolution Wins Out

Egypt’s 2014 Thermidor: The Counter-Revolution Wins Out

By Simon Mabon and Lucia Ardovini | (The Conversation) — It was a year of huge transition for Egypt. Gone was the Muslim Brotherhood, in […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Yemen in 2014:  1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov't, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?

Yemen in 2014: 1500 Killed as Extremist Shiites took over Gov’t, battled al-Qaeda: What Next?

SANAA, December 2014 (IRIN) — After a negotiated transfer of power agreed in early 2012, the annual death toll dropped to about 1,100 and nearly […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Yezidis return home to find Mass Graves, Daesh/ISIL Massacres

Iraq: Yezidis return home to find Mass Graves, Daesh/ISIL Massacres

Euronews | — “Yazidi refugees from the Iraqi village of Hardan returned to their homes for the first time on Tuesday after being driven out […]

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The Year Iraq Ceased to Exist:  Will it ever Again?

The Year Iraq Ceased to Exist: Will it ever Again?

In 2014, Iraq was said to lose 42% of its territory to Daesh (the Arabic acronym for what our press calls ISIS or ISIL). This […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
"Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica's ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities"

“Even a 10 percent loss of Antarctica’s ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal cities”

NOVA | (PBS) — “Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States. But […]

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