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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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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Afghanistan
A Memorial Day to Break your Heart (Engelhardt)

A Memorial Day to Break your Heart (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: May is the official month of remembrance when it comes to our war dead, ending as it does on the […]

Juan Cole

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Iran, UNSC talks have the effect of Averting War

Iran, UNSC talks have the effect of Averting War

The meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) with Iran in Baghdad is apparently producing a lot of […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Are Egyptians voting Ideologically?

Are Egyptians voting Ideologically?

Interpreting political behavior in a brand spanking new democracy such as Egypt is trying to become is littered with pitfalls, and these are multiplied when […]

Juan Cole

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Americans pay $1 Trillion a year for War and ‘Security’ –  Why? (Hellman & Kramer)

Americans pay $1 Trillion a year for War and ‘Security’ – Why? (Hellman & Kramer)

Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer write at Tomdispatch: Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about cuts (often called “threats”) to the U.S. defense […]

Juan Cole

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Iran-Azerbaijan Tensions, Human Rights Outcry, over Pop Music 'European Idol'

Iran-Azerbaijan Tensions, Human Rights Outcry, over Pop Music ‘European Idol’

Iran has withdrawn its ambassador to neighboring Azerbaijan, in part over Baku’s hosting of the Eurovision pop singing contest, which the ayatollahs consider to be […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Israel, Electric Cars, and Existential Threats

Israel, Electric Cars, and Existential Threats

Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has launched an Israeli electric car, and also arranged for four recharging stations. Israel is a perfect place for this experiment, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters fire with Impunity at Palestinian civilians as Israeli Army watches

Israeli Squatters fire with Impunity at Palestinian civilians as Israeli Army watches

The slow civil war in the Palestinian West Bank, occupied illegally by Israel, between the hundreds of thousands of Israeli squatters planted there by the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt between the Left, Muslim Fundamentalism, and the Old Regime

Egypt between the Left, Muslim Fundamentalism, and the Old Regime

The campaigns of the candidates for president of Egypt drew to a close at midnight on Sunday, in preparation for voting on Wednesday and Thursday. […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The Great Fracking Catastrophe in Rural America (Cantarow)

The Great Fracking Catastrophe in Rural America (Cantarow)

Ellen Cantarow writes at Tomdispatch.com If the world can be seen in a grain of sand, watch out.  As Wisconsinites are learning, there’s money (and […]

Juan Cole

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