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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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Israelis Alarmed as al-Qaeda Captures Golan, UN Peacekeepers

Israelis Alarmed as al-Qaeda Captures Golan, UN Peacekeepers

By Juan Cole Israel now has a border with al-Qaeda! Israeli observers have been alarmed by the capture of the Quneitra checkpoint between Syria and […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
World-Renowned Historian Natalie Zemon Davis Pleads Case of Steven Salaita with U-Illinois

World-Renowned Historian Natalie Zemon Davis Pleads Case of Steven Salaita with U-Illinois

Natalie Zemon Davis , among our most distinguished living historians and past president of the American Historical Association, has written a heartfelt appeal to Chancellor […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Obama, al-Assad and ISIL update FB Status:  It's Complicated

Obama, al-Assad and ISIL update FB Status: It’s Complicated

AJ+ AJ+ Will The US Bomb IS Group (AKA ISIS) In Syria?

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Counter-Terrorism
ISIS:  How to Defeat a Phony "Caliphate"

ISIS: How to Defeat a Phony “Caliphate”

By John Esposito via Huffington Post Containing and ultimately defeating ISIS will require both short and long-term response. ISIS expansion has been made possible by […]

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Climate Change
US Public Worried about ISIL, Putin-- But Climate Change is Real Challenge

US Public Worried about ISIL, Putin– But Climate Change is Real Challenge

By Juan Cole In a new Pew/ USA Today poll, the American public shows itself alarmed by the rise of the so-called Islamic State of […]

Juan Cole

US Open round-up: Stan Wawrinka tells fan to ‘shut up’ en route to third round

US Open round-up: Stan Wawrinka tells fan to ‘shut up’ en route to third round

In the heat of the moment, locked in a suddenly tight match after midnight at Flushing Meadows, Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka snapped at a […]

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Not the Onion:  Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi

Not the Onion: Shooting Range raises Age Limit to 12 after 9-year-old girl Kills Instructor with Uzi

CBS New York buries the lead: “A 9-year-old New Jersey girl accidentally killed an Arizona shooting instructor as he was showing her how to use […]

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Economy
Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he'll Enrich them at our Expense

Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he’ll Enrich them at our Expense

By Nicole Girard via Liberals Unite Mitch McConnell really does not care about our problems. The way he talks about the needs of average Americans, […]

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Apartheid
Israel War Aftermath:  Epidemic feared in Gaza sheltering centers as skin infections spread

Israel War Aftermath: Epidemic feared in Gaza sheltering centers as skin infections spread

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Displaced Gaza residents in sheltering centers are suffering from dangerous skin infections which could become a epidemic as a result of water […]

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