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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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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Arab Spring
54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

(by Juan Cole) January 25 marked the third anniversary of the revolution that overthrew dictator Hosni Mubarak, and Egyptians observed it in three distinctively different […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
The Real Irony of Rep. Harman being interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

The Real Irony of Rep. Harman being interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

(By Juan Cole) MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell interrupts former Rep. Jane Harman, speaking on NSA surveillance from Davos, for breaking news about Justin Bieber’s DUI arrest […]

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Egypt
Why Tunisia's Transition to Democracy is Succeeding while Egypt Falters

Why Tunisia’s Transition to Democracy is Succeeding while Egypt Falters

(By Juan Cole) On Sunday, Tunisia’s parliament will vote on the final text of the new constitution. If it passes by a two-thirds vote, the […]

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China
China Installed More Solar Power in 2013 than the US has in its Whole History

China Installed More Solar Power in 2013 than the US has in its Whole History

(By Joshua S. Hill) China’s Solar Market Beat All Expectations For 2013 (via Clean Technica) Despite predictions all through 2013 suggesting that Japan would walk […]

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Human Rights
Israel's KKK:  Violent Squatters increasingly Attacking Palestinians

Israel’s KKK: Violent Squatters increasingly Attacking Palestinians

(By César Chelala) Increasing acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories have been repeatedly denounced. Together with the increasing number […]

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Who’s most innovative of all? Not Israel, says Bloomberg

Who’s most innovative of all? Not Israel, says Bloomberg

This year’s Global Innovation Quotient furnishes a reality check for the Start-Up Nation

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AKP winning perception war

AKP winning perception war

Erdogan has been surprisingly successful in framing the graft probe in his favor, while purging the bureaucracy on an unprecedented scale.

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Arab Spring
3 Years Later,  Young Bloggers who made the Tahrir Revolution are in Jail

3 Years Later, Young Bloggers who made the Tahrir Revolution are in Jail

The military “interim government” in Egypt is cracking down on virtually all meaningful form of assembly, association, or opposition. Following the passage of a November 2013 law banning peaceful protest, dozens of activists and organizers have…

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Iraq
CSI Baghdad:  Why don't Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?

CSI Baghdad: Why don’t Crime Units in the Carbomb Capital of the World do their Job?

(By Mustafa Habib, Baghdad) It is estimated that around 250 car bombs exploded in Baghdad last year. This year the numbers are climbing and bombers’ […]

Juan Cole

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