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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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Climate Change
Renewable Energy Boom coming to the Middle East

Renewable Energy Boom coming to the Middle East

Middle East North Africa Area To See Renewable Energy Boom (via Clean Technica) The trade association behind the DESERTEC Concept of the same name has […]

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Barack Obama
President Obama zings Zach Galifianakis on "Between Two Ferns"

President Obama zings Zach Galifianakis on “Between Two Ferns”

President Obama on funnyordie.com plugging the Affordable Health Care Act: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama from President Barack Obama —– Related […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
 By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire: The Climate of Change and the Dangers of Stasis

By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire: The Climate of Change and the Dangers of Stasis

(By Rebecca Solnit via Tomdispatch) As the San Francisco bureaucrats on the dais murmured about why they weren’t getting anywhere near what we in the […]

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Domestic Surveillance
When it is Feinstein being Spied on, Suddenly she Squawks

When it is Feinstein being Spied on, Suddenly she Squawks

(By Juan Cole) Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) took to the senate floor on Tuesday to denounce the Central Intelligence Agency for spying on her staff […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Libya's Parliament dumps PM Zeidan, Elects al-Thinni, over Oil Tanker Crisis

Libya’s Parliament dumps PM Zeidan, Elects al-Thinni, over Oil Tanker Crisis

(By Juan Cole) In a series of dramatic political moves, the Libyan General National Congress on Tuesday carried out a vote of no confidence in […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
“Normalizing” Suicide Bombing:  What the Assassination of Abu Khaled al-Soury Says about Jihadism Today

“Normalizing” Suicide Bombing: What the Assassination of Abu Khaled al-Soury Says about Jihadism Today

(Jeffrey William Lewis) On February 23 the Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia concluded peacefully. A terrorist attack by Chechen Black Widow suicide bombers—much feared and […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Edward Snowden:  The US is Undermining its own Cybersecurity

Edward Snowden: The US is Undermining its own Cybersecurity

SXSW: Snowden Touts Encryption, Swipes at NSA (via slashdot) In a Google Hangout with an auditorium full of South by Southwest attendees, government whistleblower (and […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Obama's Rules:  US Drones in Yemen - 'Psychological Torture' from Above

Obama’s Rules: US Drones in Yemen – ‘Psychological Torture’ from Above

(By Sarah Lazare) As the United States steps up covert drone strikes on Yemen, with three suspected U.S. drone attacks killing at least four people in Yemen […]

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Bahrain
The War on Terror Jumps the Shark as Everyone in the Mideast accuses everyone else of Terrorism

The War on Terror Jumps the Shark as Everyone in the Mideast accuses everyone else of Terrorism

(By Juan Cole) In early December of last year, Lebanese Shiite leader Hassan Nasrallah of Hizbullah accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the bombing of […]

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