Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
Featured

France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

More Stories

Uncategorized
America’s new data center:  The Biggest Big Brother of All (TBIJ)

America’s new data center: The Biggest Big Brother of All (TBIJ)

From the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: In the small town of Bluffdale in the Utah desert, the US government is halfway to completing a gargantuan […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Contemporary Coptic Icon of the Resurrection from Egypt (Wall Painting)

Contemporary Coptic Icon of the Resurrection from Egypt (Wall Painting)

A contemporary Egyptian, Coptic Christian icon of the Resurrection by Adel Nassief: “1994 – The Resurrection – Holy Family Church – Bahir, Egypt” courtesy Adelnassief.net, […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (89)

Omar Khayyam (89)

For a whole lifetime, I’ve made praising wine a constant exercise. I always have its  instruments around me. Prude, if reason  is your teacher here, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Muslim Keyholder of Church of Holy Sepulchre Opens it for Easter Pilgrims

Muslim Keyholder of Church of Holy Sepulchre Opens it for Easter Pilgrims

On Good Friday in Jerusalem, religious cooperation among Christians, Muslims and Jews is on display. The key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam sung in Persian by the Kamkaran Group

Omar Khayyam sung in Persian by the Kamkaran Group

The Kamkaran group performs Khayyam’s poetry in classical style in Tehran:

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (88)

Omar Khayyam (88)

Since we have to go, what is it to exist? What is it to chase  impossible ambitions? They’ll never pass by  anyplace with a  sense […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Videos on the Muslim Brotherhood and the Quest for Power in Egypt

Videos on the Muslim Brotherhood and the Quest for Power in Egypt

Aljazeera English on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Khairat al-Shater and his plans to run for the presidency of Egypt: The USG Open Source Center paraphrased this […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, How You Subsidize the Energy Giants to Wreck the Planet

Tomgram: Bill McKibben, How You Subsidize the Energy Giants to Wreck the Planet

Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History And Why Taxpayers Shouldn’t Stand for It Any More By Bill McKibben […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Paradox of Israeli Politics:  Sternfeld

The Paradox of Israeli Politics: Sternfeld

Lior Sternfeld writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment Israel’s center-right Kadima Party has just elected an Iranian-Israeli, Shaul Mofaz, as its leader, in […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2142
  • Page 2143
  • Page 2144
  • Page 2145
  • Page 2146
  • …
  • Page 3027
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Featured

Israel’s Netanyahu starves 1 in 5 Gaza Children

Juan Cole

Arab World

Beyond Diplomacy: Qatar’s strategic posture redraws the regional Map of Resistance

Middle East Monitor

China

Back to 1984? Trump Sees World Power through Petroleum-colored Glasses

Michael T. Klare

Archaeology

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Juan Cole

Popular

  • Scientists Prove Justinian's Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
  • Iran Seeks China's help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in "4th Industrial Revolution"
  • Gaza and the Death of Conscience
  • The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,
  • European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved