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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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Death toll of Obama's Drone Campaign 5 Years Later:  2,400

Death toll of Obama’s Drone Campaign 5 Years Later: 2,400

(By Jack Serle) Obama has launched over 390 covert drone strikes in his first five years in office Five years ago, on January 23 2009, […]

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Arab Spring
On eve of Revolution Anniversary, Cairo Shaken by deadly Bombings

On eve of Revolution Anniversary, Cairo Shaken by deadly Bombings

(By Juan Cole) Two bombings shook the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Friday morning. The first was apparently a car bomb detonated at 5:30 am that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Top Ten Ways GOP could avoid "War on Women" Label

Top Ten Ways GOP could avoid “War on Women” Label

(By Juan Cole) Mike Huckabee objects to the charge that the Republican Party is waging a war on women. The GOP obviously is increasingly a […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel and Saudi Arabia on Same page re: Keeping Iran a Pariah

Israel and Saudi Arabia on Same page re: Keeping Iran a Pariah

(Via Globalpost) Iran: The one issue Israel and Saudi Arabia can openly agree on (via GlobalPost) Enlarge An unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
World was Hot Again in 2013; Australia, others, Hottest on Record

World was Hot Again in 2013; Australia, others, Hottest on Record

NEW YORK, New York, January 21, 2014 (ENS) – The year 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since recordkeeping began in 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures, NASA scientists said today. NASA’s Goddard…

Juan Cole

Dissent
Egyptian Professor Defends Himself from Coup Gov't's McCarthyite "Grand Espionage" Charges

Egyptian Professor Defends Himself from Coup Gov’t’s McCarthyite “Grand Espionage” Charges

(By Emad Shahin) Statement to my Students, Family and Friends January 23, 2014 It was with severe shock that I received news that I have […]

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Perennial US Rush to War:  Syrian Chem issue was too Foggy to Justify Bombing

Perennial US Rush to War: Syrian Chem issue was too Foggy to Justify Bombing

(By William R. Polk) Nearly five months have passed since the United States nearly went to war with Syria. The issue has cooled down but […]

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European Union
Iran Breakthrough a Triumph For Pragmatists and a Defeat For the Warmongers (Cole @ Truthdig)

Iran Breakthrough a Triumph For Pragmatists and a Defeat For the Warmongers (Cole @ Truthdig)

My esssay, “Iran Breakthrough a Triumph For Pragmatists and a Defeat For the Warmongers” is out in Truthdig today. Excerpt: “By 2011, the U.S. Congress […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria Conference Roiled by Shouting Matches, Insults

Syria Conference Roiled by Shouting Matches, Insults

(By Juan Cole) The Geneva II negotiations at Montreux, Switerland, opened on a sour note on Wednesday. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem droned on interminably […]

Juan Cole

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