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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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Netanyahu Tells Kerry he will Grab 13% of Palestinian West Bank

Netanyahu Tells Kerry he will Grab 13% of Palestinian West Bank

(By AFP) Israel wants to annex fourth settlement bloc: radio (via AFP) Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US Secretary of State John Kerry […]

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Dissent
NSA Surveillance is about Control & Leverage, not Security

NSA Surveillance is about Control & Leverage, not Security

By Alfred McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For more than six months, Edward Snowden’s revelations about the National Security Agency (NSA) have been pouring […]

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Barack Obama
After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed

After Defending Pot, Obama has to Pardon Medical Marijuana Growers He Jailed

(By Juan Cole) Barack Obama has a weed problem. Not just that he’s admitted using it. He said clearly when campaigning for president in 2008 […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Gov't used Surveillance of MLK in Bid to Destroy Him: Now they want us to just Trust Them

Gov’t used Surveillance of MLK in Bid to Destroy Him: Now they want us to just Trust Them

(By Juan Cole) Among the ironies of Barack Obama trying to sell us the gargantuan NSA domestic spying program is that such techniques of telephone […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Turkey Purges Officials in Bid to Quash Corruption Probes

Turkey Purges Officials in Bid to Quash Corruption Probes

(By AFP) Turkey widens purge after graft probe (via AFP) The Turkish government’s mass purge of police and prosecutors has extended to the banking and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Fear is Driving Diplomacy on Syria, not Humanitarianism

Fear is Driving Diplomacy on Syria, not Humanitarianism

(By Martin Gascoigne) Syria, like many countries in the region, is a demographically young country. With a population of 23 million. Slightly over a third […]

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Dissent
US Intel Officials keep Talking about Killing Snowden, then say "trust us with your data"

US Intel Officials keep Talking about Killing Snowden, then say “trust us with your data”

(By Mike Masnick) The Fact That The US Intelligence Community So Readily Admits To Fantasies Of Killing Ed Snowden Shows Why They Can’t Be Trusted […]

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Egypt
The Shame and the Danger of Egypt's 98% Vote

The Shame and the Danger of Egypt’s 98% Vote

(By Juan Cole) The announcement on Saturday by the Egyptian government that there was a 38% turnout for the referendum on the new constitution was […]

Juan Cole

Turkish police break up Internet protest

Turkish police break up Internet protest

Riot police in Istanbul have used water cannons against hundreds of people protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of Internet.

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