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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Dear Fox Cable News: Muhammad Morsi is not the new Prime Minister of Egypt (I know you don’t really care, just sayin’)

Dear Fox Cable News: Muhammad Morsi is not the new Prime Minister of Egypt (I know you don’t really care, just sayin’)

Egypt’s president, Muhammad Morsi, appointed a new prime minister today, Hisham Qandil. Given that Fox Cable News spends its time falsifying video of president Obama […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Zorah in a Yellow Robe (Matisse Painting)

Zorah in a Yellow Robe (Matisse Painting)

. Henri Matisse, Zorah: La Robe Jaune. Oil on Canvass. Morocco, 1912. Collection Cowles it has been argued that Matisse stepped back, on his first […]

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Egypt
Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)

Cole Twitter, Facebook,, Email, Books (Repeat)

Some book keeping for new readers. Subscribe to postings by email here You can follow the blog via Twitter @jricole. The Facebook Informed Comment fan […]

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Islamophobia
The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)

The Three Lies Michele Bachmann Tells about American Muslims (Saunders)

Doug Saunders writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Three Myths About Muslims That Have Poisoned American Politics The attacks on two of […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”

Omar Khayyam (196) “I’m going to completely divorce reason and religion”

I’m going to murder my grief               with a bottle                    of […]

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Tunis:  View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)

Tunis: View of Coast from Sidi Bu Said (Photograph)

Photograph by Juan Cole, May, 2012

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Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Michele Bachmann is flailing around accusing all the US government officials of Muslim heritage of being connected to the Muslim Brotherhood (which in turn she […]

Juan Cole

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300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

Some 300,000 violent crimes are committed each year in the US with the aid of a firearm.. One of the arguments for not banning the […]

Juan Cole

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The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com (excerpt Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the […]

Juan Cole

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