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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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Human Rights
Celebs to UN: Protect Palestinian Refugees in Syria (Alfonso Cuaron, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Sting & 25 Others)

Celebs to UN: Protect Palestinian Refugees in Syria (Alfonso Cuaron, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Sting & 25 Others)

Celebrities press UN on Palestinian refugees in Syria (via AFP) Some 30 celebrities have petitioned the UN demanding they take action to protect civilians, notably […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Iraq's Freedom Agenda shouldn't Include Child Marriage and Summary Divorce

Iraq’s Freedom Agenda shouldn’t Include Child Marriage and Summary Divorce

(Human Rights Watch) (Baghdad) – Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new draft Personal Status Law and ensure that Iraq’s legal framework protects women […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Has Consumerism forever Killed the American Revolutionary Spirit?

Has Consumerism forever Killed the American Revolutionary Spirit?

(By Lewis Lapham) [This essay will appear in “Revolution,” the Spring 2014 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch.com with the […]

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Crimea Vote provokes fear of Domino Effect in Eurasia: Turkish FM

Crimea Vote provokes fear of Domino Effect in Eurasia: Turkish FM

(By Juan Cole) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday warned that Crimea’s referendum on seceding from Ukraine pose the threat of a “domino effect” […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
BP Permitted back into The Gulf Despite all the Damage Done

BP Permitted back into The Gulf Despite all the Damage Done

(By Sarah Lazare) Four years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil still washes up on the Gulf Coast shore, and residents and cleanup workers face […]

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Politics
RIP: Tony Benn - "We'll never have Democracy as long as Big Business can buy Both Parties

RIP: Tony Benn – “We’ll never have Democracy as long as Big Business can buy Both Parties

British socialist stalwart Tony Benn dies at 88 (via AFP) Political foes and allies paid tribute to Tony Benn, the totem of the British left […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Irony Alert: Climate Change Threatens delivery of Energy from Oil and Gas

Irony Alert: Climate Change Threatens delivery of Energy from Oil and Gas

By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill Oil refineries and drilling platforms in the U.S. are vulnerable to sea level rise and greater storm surge. Fuel pipelines, barges, railways and storage tanks are vulnerable to melting permafrost and severe weather…

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey's PM Erdogan can weather Corruption and Islamic Politics: But Can he Weather Twitter?

Turkey’s PM Erdogan can weather Corruption and Islamic Politics: But Can he Weather Twitter?

(By Ahmet T. Kuru) Erdoğan has consolidated the executive, legislative, and the judicial powers under his authority; yet he has been unable to control another […]

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Israelis slam Kerry over "Jewish State" Remarks as Abbas Rejects Demand

Israelis slam Kerry over “Jewish State” Remarks as Abbas Rejects Demand

(By Juan Cole) Right wing Israeli officials over the weekend expressed rage at US Secretary of State John Kerry for saying that Prime Minister Binyamin […]

Juan Cole

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