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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

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

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330 US drone strikes in Pakistan recorded in Leaked official document

330 US drone strikes in Pakistan recorded in Leaked official document

(By Alice K. Ross) The Bureau is today publishing a leaked official document that records details of over 300 drone strikes, including their locations and […]

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History
La Follette’s Anti-Imperialism is Still Controversial at the Wall Street Journal

La Follette’s Anti-Imperialism is Still Controversial at the Wall Street Journal

(By Richard Drake) On 11 January 2014, Lewis Gould reviewed my book, The Education of an Anti-Imperialist: Robert La Follette and U.S. Expansion, in The […]

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Climate Change
Solving the Mideast Water and Energy Crises:  Large-Scale Solar Desalinization in UAE

Solving the Mideast Water and Energy Crises: Large-Scale Solar Desalinization in UAE

(Via CleanTechnica) 120 MW Solar Power Plant In The Works In The UAE (via Clean Technica) Utico Middle East, a solar developer currently working to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Obama as Unreliable Narrator on Climate Action: from SOTU to NSA spying at Copenhagen

Obama as Unreliable Narrator on Climate Action: from SOTU to NSA spying at Copenhagen

(By Juan Cole) When President Obama looked us in the eye and said that the US is not engaged in electronic surveillance for economic reasons, […]

Juan Cole

Circle Cafe serves up global tastes in a homely space

Circle Cafe serves up global tastes in a homely space

Stepping into Circle Cafe in Al Raha Gardens on a cold winter’s night is a relief. The space is warm and toasty, unlike most restaurants […]

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Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?

Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?

A new poll finds 48% of Americans think God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success

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Barack Obama
Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage:  49 mn Americans Food Insecure

Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage: 49 mn Americans Food Insecure

(Via PRNewswire) The State of Hunger in America: Feeding America Issues Annual Report (via PR Newswire) CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In connection with […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Don't Break up Syria:  WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure

Don’t Break up Syria: WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure

(By Christopher Dekki) Since the beginning of this terrible conflict in Syria, I have been closely listening to people’s reactions to the violence and devastation […]

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Asia
US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines

US Pivot to Asia Should Deploy Soft Power, not the Marines

(By John Feffer) In a future update of The Devil’s Dictionary, the famed Ambrose Bierce dissection of the linguistic hypocrisies of modern life, a single […]

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