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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

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The Kidnapper & Torturer vs. the Whistleblower: The Gov’t’s different Treatment of Lady and Snowden (Engelhardt)

The Kidnapper & Torturer vs. the Whistleblower: The Gov’t’s different Treatment of Lady and Snowden (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: He came and he went: that was the joke that circulated in 1979 when 70-year-old former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Elbaradei, al-Azhar, Leftist Youth Condemn Excessive Force

Egypt: Elbaradei, al-Azhar, Leftist Youth Condemn Excessive Force

Egypt reacted with shock and grief to the massacre of Muslim Brothers early Sunday morning. Even figures who supported the July 3 coup such as […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia:  Government Teeters on Brink after Slain Leftist's Funeral.

Tunisia: Government Teeters on Brink after Slain Leftist’s Funeral.

An estimated 50,000 came out in Tunis for the funeral of the assassinated leftist opposition member of parliament Mohamed Brahmi, leader of the pro-worker Popular […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Thousands of Germans Protest Obama/ Merkel STASI-like Spying on Them

Thousands of Germans Protest Obama/ Merkel STASI-like Spying on Them

A few thousand people came out to demonstrate in 40 cities Germany on Saturday against US National Security Agency spying and German government complicity with […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Fox to Reza Aslan:  Why would a Muslim write a book about Jesus?

Fox to Reza Aslan: Why would a Muslim write a book about Jesus?

Academic publishes scholarly study of the historical Jesus. Fox Cable News wants only to talk about his own religious background as a Muslim. Apparently they […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian authorities release CCTV Footage of Muslim Brotherhood Attack on 6 October Bridge

Egyptian authorities release CCTV Footage of Muslim Brotherhood Attack on 6 October Bridge

The Egyptian authorities have released CCTV video of the Muslim Brotherhood attempt to take over 6 October bridge, showing vanguards engaged in stone-throwing and appearing […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt:  Midnight Massacre of Muslim Brothers at 6 October Bridge (NBC Video)

Egypt: Midnight Massacre of Muslim Brothers at 6 October Bridge (NBC Video)

NBC news reports on the massacre at October 6 Bridge last night in Cairo. The Egyptian health ministry is now saying 66 are dead, the […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Propaganda Terms in the Media and What They Mean - Noam Chomsky

Propaganda Terms in the Media and What They Mean – Noam Chomsky

This talk is from 1990 but it is astonishing how well it holds up. The terms of discourse haven’t changed. Propaganda Terms in the Media […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s Revocouption Part Deux:  Dueling Crowds leave 30 Dead

Egypt’s Revocouption Part Deux: Dueling Crowds leave 30 Dead

Egypt’s combination of popular street power and military power continued to dominate the unfolding events in that country on Friday. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Abdel […]

Juan Cole

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