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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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Arabs and the Olympics (Majid)

Anouar Majid writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The 2012 Olympics in London gave us a golden opportunity to assess the condition of […]

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Really, America?  Really?   These are your Top Stories?

Really, America? Really? These are your Top Stories?

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You might be Paul Ryan if….

You might be Paul Ryan if….

If you admitted that you got into politics because of the impact on you of the philosopher of personal greed and egotism, Ayn Rand, but […]

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In Switch, Egypt’s Civilian President Makes Coup against Generals

This is BIG. The BBC says that Egypt’s elected president, from the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, has just ordered the firing of Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, […]

Juan Cole

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Paul Ryan was for Big Deficits before he was against them (graphic)

Paul Ryan was for Big Deficits before he was against them (graphic)

Paul Ryan blames President Obama for the government’s budget deficits, and singles out the stimulus program as the culprit. But stimulus was one-time expenditures, not […]

Juan Cole

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Romney Hood and his Merry Band (Cartoon)

Romney Hood and his Merry Band (Cartoon)

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Environment
Two Ways Mitt Romney Really Will Kill lots of People

Two Ways Mitt Romney Really Will Kill lots of People

Controversy is swirling about a poorly argued attack ad done by a super PAC that is pro-Obama, which accuses Mitt Romney of being responsible for […]

Juan Cole

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On Martyrdom for Freedom of Expression (Thomas Jefferson Poster)

On Martyrdom for Freedom of Expression (Thomas Jefferson Poster)

Juan Cole

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America’s New Proxy Wars (Turse)

America’s New Proxy Wars (Turse)

Nick Turse writes at Tomdispatch.com: In the 1980s, the U.S. government began funneling aid to mujahedeen rebels in Afghanistan as part of an American proxy […]

Juan Cole

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