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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

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Argentina's President Kirchner: US Industrial Espionage gave me Chills down my Spine

Argentina’s President Kirchner: US Industrial Espionage gave me Chills down my Spine

The relationship between the United States and Latin America may have just plunged to its lowest level since the 1910s and 1920s, the height of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt

Egypt: A People’s Revolution, Not a Crisis or Coup (Nawal El Saadawi)

Nawal El Saadawi Nawal El Saadawi writes at IslamiCommentary (translated by miriam cooke) Every revolution in history has had its counter-revolution. Most recently, internal and […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
FBI Discriminates Against American Muslims & lets White Terrorists Off the Hook (Harwood)

FBI Discriminates Against American Muslims & lets White Terrorists Off the Hook (Harwood)

Matthew Harwood writes at Tomdispatch: The evangelical Christians of Greenville County, South Carolina, are afraid. There has been talk of informants and undercover agents luring […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for ‘Uprising’ as Plan for Elections is Announced

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for ‘Uprising’ as Plan for Elections is Announced

The killing of over 50 Egyptians outside the Republican Guards Barracks on Monday morning continued to roil the country on Monday, as the Freedom and […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Snowden:  I acted because Domestic Spying actually worsened under Obama

Snowden: I acted because Domestic Spying actually worsened under Obama

The Guardian has released part two of the Hong Kong interview with Edward Snowden, in which he clarifies his reasons for going public. He talks […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force fed under standard Guantánamo Bay Concentration Camp procedure

There are 120 prisoners at the extra-legal concentration camp at Guantanamo Bey. 44 are on hunger strike and being force-fed against their will, in contravention […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t

Egypt: Over 50 dead in Brotherhood-Army Clash; Baha-al-Din proposed PM; Thousands support Gov’t

Update: The death toll in the deadly incident outside the Republican Guards barracks in Cairo has risen to over 50, with 300 wounded. Firm details […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?

Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services, Email in Europe, Brazil?

Andrew Miller points out that European companies afraid of US industrial espionage just got far less likely to use American internet companies for communications and […]

Juan Cole

Energy
And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines?  Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars

And you Want to transport More Oil across America by rail, pipelines? Canadian Town destroyed by Railroad Oil Cars

Train cars carrying petroleum became unmoored and rolled seven miles before jacknifing and exploding, inflicting heavy damage on the town of Lac Megantic in Quebec. […]

Juan Cole

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