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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

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Brotherhood, Salafis, Camp out at Tahrir amid Thosands

Brotherhood, Salafis, Camp out at Tahrir amid Thosands

On Thursday, protesters heeded the call of the Muslim Brotherhood to fill Tahrir Square with tens of thousands of protesters, as they continued to reject […]

Juan Cole

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UN Official: CIA Drone Strikes on Rescuers a War Crime (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: The UN’s expert on extrajudicial killings has described a tactic used by the CIA and first […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (153) “they do not even reckon them as human”

Omar Khayyam (153) “they do not even reckon them as human”

The elite and lofty crowd who hold exalted office are disgusted at the life of  grief and bother that they suffer. But when they consider […]

Juan Cole

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Campbell: Israeli PM Sharon Threatened Bush with Nuking Iraq (Mearsheimber & Walt vindicated)

Campbell: Israeli PM Sharon Threatened Bush with Nuking Iraq (Mearsheimber & Walt vindicated)

Alastair Campbell’s serialized memoirs contain a bombshell that is largely being ignored in the Western press, the revelation that in conversations with President George W. […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (149) “nothing left of good times but the name”

Omar Khayyam (149) “nothing left of good times but the name”

Now that nothing is left of good times but the name; and save for wine itself, not a single  old drinking buddy is around any […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Uncertainty Grips an Egypt on the Brink

Uncertainty Grips an Egypt on the Brink

The on-again, off-again saga of the reports on deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak’s coma exemplified the uncertainty through which Egyptians are living on Tuesday. In the […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (145) “my bewilderment”

Omar Khayyam (145) “my bewilderment”

  I was disturbed that he brought me into being, and nothing has grown  through my life like my bewilderment at it. We’re forced to […]

Juan Cole

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Tahrir Square Now

Tahrir Square Now

Egypt after soft military coup: I don’t think they’re haaapy. By the way, American news channels: this is news.

Juan Cole

Egypt
Revolutionaries Vow return to Tahrir Square in face of Military Power Grab

Revolutionaries Vow return to Tahrir Square in face of Military Power Grab

Several parties, unions and organizations called for big demonstrations on Tusday in Tahrir Square in Cairo. They will be protesting the issuance on Monday by […]

Juan Cole

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