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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Afghanistan
American Public: Invasion of Afghanistan a Mistake, Speed up Withdrawal

American Public: Invasion of Afghanistan a Mistake, Speed up Withdrawal

(By Sarah Lazare) More than twelve years after the initial invasion, U.S. public opinion of the so-called Good War in Afghanistan appears to be souring. […]

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Human Rights
UN: A Million Palestinians will Need Food aid in Israel-blockaded Gaza Next Year

UN: A Million Palestinians will Need Food aid in Israel-blockaded Gaza Next Year

PressTv reports, “The UN says nearly a million Palestinians are expected to need food aid in the Gaza Strip next year” Their blurb: “About 800-thousand […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Four Syrian Bedouin Women, c. 1890 (Photo of the Day)

Four Syrian Bedouin Women, c. 1890 (Photo of the Day)

Photo of the Day: Four Syrian Bedouin women in the late 19th century. Mirrored from Al-Mashriq Syria in 1900 had a population of a little […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Scotland is going 100% Green by 2020; shame on Dirty America

Scotland is going 100% Green by 2020; shame on Dirty America

(By Juan Cole) Glasgow is the city of the future, not Phoenix. Scotland has a population of about 5.3 million, a little more than the […]

Juan Cole

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Congress cuts Food Stamps, maintains Estate Tax Loophole worth $100 bn to the Rich

Congress cuts Food Stamps, maintains Estate Tax Loophole worth $100 bn to the Rich

(By Juan Cole) You know how the Tea Party House of Representatives obsessed with cutting food stamps to working families and veterans and children this […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Real Time Earth Wind Map

Real Time Earth Wind Map

Real Time Earth Wind Map from Earth Nullschool.net h/t Treehugger

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Taiwanese Animators Explain to Obama the Unconstitutionality of NSA Spying (Video)

Taiwanese Animators Explain to Obama the Unconstitutionality of NSA Spying (Video)

“NSA data mining program probably unconstitutional, judge says” (Taiwanese Animators)

Juan Cole

Iran
How to get an Iran Nuclear deal:  Top 7 Confidence-Building Steps

How to get an Iran Nuclear deal: Top 7 Confidence-Building Steps

(By Bijan Khajehpour, Reza Marashi and Trita Parsi) [Excerpts from a new report from the National Iranian American Council:] Upon assuming the presidency in January […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Is Edward Snowden a modern Martin Luther?

Is Edward Snowden a modern Martin Luther?

(By J.M. Porup) Quiz time, people. Identify the following: A powerful church that has betrayed its founding principles. A secretive priesthood that knows all your […]

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