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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Israel/ Palestine
Why they Hate us: Romney Secretly Plots to Screw Palestinians over Again

Why they Hate us: Romney Secretly Plots to Screw Palestinians over Again

In a conversation with donors he thought private, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney laid out with startling clarity the American policy toward the Palestinians: Mother […]

Juan Cole

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America’s Hypocrisy in Bahrain (Marlowe)

America’s Hypocrisy in Bahrain (Marlowe)

Jen Marlowe writes at Tomdispatch.com Terror and Teargas on the Streets of Bahrain The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (in the U.S. at Least) By […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Calm Muslim Berates Violent Muslims for Defaming Islam and being Suckers

Calm Muslim Berates Violent Muslims for Defaming Islam and being Suckers

Nouman Ali Khan of the Bayyinah Institute appeals to the Quran, the behavior of the Prophet Muhammad, and common sense in upbraiding the violent believers […]

Juan Cole

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Tax Deadbeat Romney Calls Working People Leeches

Tax Deadbeat Romney Calls Working People Leeches

It turns out that Mitt Romney divides Americans into two groups. Nearly half, 47%, (145.7 million people) are leeches. They are the ones, he says, […]

Juan Cole

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Top Myths about Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Program

Top Myths about Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Program

1. Iran’s civilian nuclear enrichment program is alleged by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to be a stealth nuclear weapons program. But there is no […]

Juan Cole

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Netanyahu in 1992:  Iran close to having nuclear bomb

Netanyahu in 1992: Iran close to having nuclear bomb

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trapped in reflection theory. He was allegedly himself involved in illegally smuggling nuclear triggers out of the US, and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

Top Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

1. Tourism in Egypt and Tunisia, the economies of which heavily depend on it, is likely to take a nosedive this fall. It is a […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The War on Terror Comes to Facebook (Harvey)

The War on Terror Comes to Facebook (Harvey)

Stephanie Harvey writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Facebook, the social networking website with over 955 million profiles, has been used as a ‘honey […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Plays Hardball and Egypt’s Morsi Folds

Obama Plays Hardball and Egypt’s Morsi Folds

The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi happened because the Libyan government is still weak, rebuilding after its revolution against Muammar Qaddafi. But there […]

Juan Cole

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