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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

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Bibi's $127,000-bed in the Sky: PM Sleeps in the Clouds as he Plans Austerity for Israelis

Bibi’s $127,000-bed in the Sky: PM Sleeps in the Clouds as he Plans Austerity for Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is in trouble with the public for chartering a $300,000 plane ride to attend the funeral of the late British […]

Juan Cole

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"Space Oddity:" Hadfield Signs off From the International Space Station

“Space Oddity:” Hadfield Signs off From the International Space Station

Canadian Cmdr. Chris Hadfield has made his stay aboard the International Space Station a teaching moment, tweeting out images of the earth from space and […]

Juan Cole

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Erdogan: Turkey will not be Dragged into Bloody Quagmire in Syria, after Deadly Bombings Kill 49

Erdogan: Turkey will not be Dragged into Bloody Quagmire in Syria, after Deadly Bombings Kill 49

Turkey has charged that an extreme left group with ties to Syrian secret police was responsible for the twin bombings in the border town of […]

Juan Cole

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Will New Pakistani Government Ban US Drone Strikes in Light of Court Ruling? (Ross)

Will New Pakistani Government Ban US Drone Strikes in Light of Court Ruling? (Ross)

It looks as though the Pakistan Muslim League (N), led by steel magnate Nawaz Sharif, is going to be the single largest party in Parliament, […]

Juan Cole

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Republican Scandal-Mongering on Benghazi and the Bush Embassy Attacks (plus Daily Show video)

Republican Scandal-Mongering on Benghazi and the Bush Embassy Attacks (plus Daily Show video)

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show makes fun of the Republican obsession with the Benghazi events of last September and their unsupported allegations of some […]

Juan Cole

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The Chinese Diplomatic Pivot to the Middle East and Beijing’s Middle East Studies Establishment (Ma)

by HAIYUN MA writes at ISLAMiCommentary : Haiyun Ma This week China’s new president, Xi Jinping, separately hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Republican Myths on Libya

Top Ten Republican Myths on Libya

Reprint edn.; since they don’t change their talking points, why should we change our blog entries? 1. Republican senators keep saying that it should have […]

Juan Cole

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Is the Government reading your Email without a Warrant?

Is the Government reading your Email without a Warrant?

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) has demanded that the FBI and other Federal agencies obtain a warrant to read private emails. He said that Americans’ “right […]

Juan Cole

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Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)

Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)

Here is an excerpt from my recent talk on minorities and the Arab Revolutions at Portland State: Here is the video

Juan Cole

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