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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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Abraham Foxman To Step Down as Anti-Defamation League Chief

Abraham Foxman To Step Down as Anti-Defamation League Chief

Abraham H. Foxman announced he will step down from his position as National Director of the Anti-Defamation League on July 20, 2015, bringing to a […]

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8 Unsustainable Delusions of the American Way of Life

8 Unsustainable Delusions of the American Way of Life

(By Tom Giesen) The ideal of the American way of life as formulated in the twentieth century has collapsed early in the new Millennium without […]

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Economy
Brokers of Deceit: Massive US Aid to Israel has Enabled a Colonial Project

Brokers of Deceit: Massive US Aid to Israel has Enabled a Colonial Project

(By Chase Madar via Tomdispatch) We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid. Recent polls show that, on average, we believe 28% of the federal […]

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20 Banks Funding most Dirty Coal Mining, Climate Disruption, Worldwide

20 Banks Funding most Dirty Coal Mining, Climate Disruption, Worldwide

(By Michael Winship) Turning Up Heat on Banks Funding Fossil Fuels (via Moyers & Company) As environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben tells Bill Moyers […]

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Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul's Lewinsky Gambit Can't Obscure GOP War on Women

Top 10 Reasons Rand Paul’s Lewinsky Gambit Can’t Obscure GOP War on Women

(By Juan Cole) Sen. Rand Paul, in preparation for his run at the presidency in 2016, has been attempting to deflect the GOP disadvantage with […]

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Human Rights
In midst of Alleged Peace Talks, Israel Announces Hundreds of new Squatter Homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem

In midst of Alleged Peace Talks, Israel Announces Hundreds of new Squatter Homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem

(via AFP) Israel approves 550 Jerusalem settler homes (via AFP) Israel expedited Wednesday plans for more than 550 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
A $9 Trillion War?  Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations

A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans will Regret it if GOP Derails Iran Negotiations

(By Juan Cole) 40 Republican senators are making a last-minute push to bring further Iran sanctions up for a vote despite the opposition of senate […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Daily Show on al-Qaeda & Syria Part Deux:  That’s not how Bin Laden would have Killed Them

Daily Show on al-Qaeda & Syria Part Deux: That’s not how Bin Laden would have Killed Them

This part of the piece has the clip of my interview on the subject at Aljazeera America. Here is the second part of the Jon […]

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Climate Change
Let's See: Major Droughts in Drying West; Fracking a Water Hog and Causes Drought...

Let’s See: Major Droughts in Drying West; Fracking a Water Hog and Causes Drought…

(By Jon Queally) Almost half (47%) of all U.S. wells are being developed in regions with high to extremely high water stress. This means that […]

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