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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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Pakistan
Pakistan: Violence against Christian Neighborhood rooted in Blasphemy Law, Union Contest

Pakistan: Violence against Christian Neighborhood rooted in Blasphemy Law, Union Contest

On Sunday, Pakistani police rounded up 70 suspects in the mass arson attacks on Saturday on the Christian neighborhood of Joseph Colony on Noor Road […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Cairo Burning:  The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution

Cairo Burning: The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution

Some two thousand angry youth in Port Said attempted to block ferries and sent speedboats into the canal zone, aiming at disrupting shipping in the […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria:  Why don't We Hear More, Do More?

Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria: Why don’t We Hear More, Do More?

Oxfam says that the Syrian refugee crisis is ‘spiraling out of control’; Amy Christian reports: The Real News Network interviews Omar Dahi on this humanitarian […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Two Bombings Kill 18 As Hagel Arrives in Afghanistan

Two Bombings Kill 18 As Hagel Arrives in Afghanistan

The Taliban appear to have strategized embarrassing new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. As he arrived in Kabul on his first visit to Afghanistan, a […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Overcoming Woman-Hatred in Afghanistan: 3 Stories

Overcoming Woman-Hatred in Afghanistan: 3 Stories

In honor of International Women’s Day, here is a short documentary on women in Afghanistan, focusing on three women who have achieved something in recent […]

Juan Cole

Lebanon
Lebanese Soccer Team, Coach Assault Referees after Penalty Called (Video)

Lebanese Soccer Team, Coach Assault Referees after Penalty Called (Video)

A Lebanese soccer/ football referee is quitting after having been assaulted for a call he made on the field at a match last weekend in […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Obama & Brennan Brought GOP Filibuster on themselves by Extreme Secrecy on Drones

Obama & Brennan Brought GOP Filibuster on themselves by Extreme Secrecy on Drones

John O. Brennan was confirmed as head of the Central Intelligence Agency yesterday, after the confirmation was held up for 13 hours by a filibuster […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Did the Man who Tried to buy our Presidential Election Get rich by Bribing Communist China? (Engelberg)

Did the Man who Tried to buy our Presidential Election Get rich by Bribing Communist China? (Engelberg)

Stephen Engelberg writes at ProPublica Last week’s admission by Sheldon Adelson’s casino company that it had “likely” violated provisions of the federal law barring U.S. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mission Accomplished: Iraq as America’s biggest Blunder (Van Buren)

Mission Accomplished: Iraq as America’s biggest Blunder (Van Buren)

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com I was there. And “there” was nowhere. And nowhere was the place to be if you wanted to see […]

Juan Cole

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