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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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Can Syria lecture Turkey on terrorism?

Can Syria lecture Turkey on terrorism?

In the opening session of the Geneva II talks the Syrian foreign minister stormed the conference, bitterly accusing ‘foreign powers’ of their responsibility over the […]

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EU envoy: Israel will pay price for settlements

EU envoy: Israel will pay price for settlements

A senior European official on Wednesday painted an alarming picture for Israel if Mideast peace efforts fail, saying the country could face deepening economic isolation […]

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Pro-choice, pro-mixed marriage film rooted in Jewish values

Pro-choice, pro-mixed marriage film rooted in Jewish values

‘Obvious Child’ is a good-natured, foulmouthed romantic comedy — complete with Birthright jokes — centered around an abortion

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Human Rights Abuses grow in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Human Rights Abuses grow in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Jerusalem) – Human rights abuses by Israel and by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank grew during 2013, Human Rights […]

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Hard Times for Journalists, but A Golden Age for Canny Readers

Hard Times for Journalists, but A Golden Age for Canny Readers

(By Tom Englehardt) It was 1949.  My mother — known in the gossip columns of that era as “New York’s girl caricaturist” — was freelancing […]

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Bashar al-Assad
As Geneva II Conference Opens, 1.3 mn. Syrian Refugees Shiver in Lebanon

As Geneva II Conference Opens, 1.3 mn. Syrian Refugees Shiver in Lebanon

(By Molly Crabapple) COFFEE WITH REFUGEES (via techexile.com) “In Lebanon’s Mountains, Syrians Face a Grim Future The teacher never imagined he would live in a […]

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Africa
Climate Change is real, and Endangers East African Food Security

Climate Change is real, and Endangers East African Food Security

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network LONDON – The report, East African Agriculture and Climate Change, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), looks at threats to food supplies in 11 countries in East and Central…

Juan Cole

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Gates worries Pakistan Violence blocks Polio Eradication, But is CIA Partly to Blame?

Gates worries Pakistan Violence blocks Polio Eradication, But is CIA Partly to Blame?

(By Juan Cole) The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done an amazing job in targeting diseases for eradication, and the world is very close […]

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Draft to mandate TurkishPM’s consent for prosecution of top commanders

Draft to mandate TurkishPM’s consent for prosecution of top commanders

The draft makes necessary to receive the PM’s approval before trying senior army officers

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