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As a Palestinian, Trump’s 20-Point Gaza “Peace Plan” Scares Me
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As a Palestinian, Trump’s 20-Point Gaza “Peace Plan” Scares Me

Mohammed Samaana

Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Like most Palestinians, I was initially excited about the ceasefire agreement in Gaza — even though, judging by […]

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Vance: “A Stupid Political Stunt:”  Israeli Knesset Approves Reading of Bills to Annex the Occupied West Bank

Vance: “A Stupid Political Stunt:” Israeli Knesset Approves Reading of Bills to Annex the Occupied West Bank

10/24/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Famed Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Taught Us to Fail Up and Never Surrender

Famed Cartoonist Jules Feiffer Taught Us to Fail Up and Never Surrender

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Tomgram: John Feffer, Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim

Tomgram: John Feffer, Islamophobia, Obama, and the Art of Acting Muslim

Those who fervently believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim generally practice their furtive religion in obscure recesses of the Internet…

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Divided Arab League Won't Call for al-Assad to Step Down

Divided Arab League Won’t Call for al-Assad to Step Down

The Arab League is meeting in Baghdad for the first time in 22 years, in the absence of long-time fixtures such as Zein El Abidin […]

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Scalia and the Uninsured Children (Cartoon)

Scalia and the Uninsured Children (Cartoon)

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (96):  Against Astrology

Omar Khayyam (96): Against Astrology

The good and bad that are in human nature, the joy and grief that are in fate and destiny– do not attribute them to the […]

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Medvedev slams Romney for “Number one Enemy” Slur

Medvedev slams Romney for “Number one Enemy” Slur

Below, the USG Open Source Center translates an article from Russian about President Dmitry Medvedev’s reaction to Mitt Romney calling Russia the “number one geopolitical […]

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (82)

Omar Khayyam (82)

Khayyam, your body  is like a royal tent; your spirit is king and its residence is temporary. The angel of fate strikes this tent when […]

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US Public Wants out of Afghanistan as 3 Western Troops Killed by Afghan Troops

US Public Wants out of Afghanistan as 3 Western Troops Killed by Afghan Troops

There were two attacks on US and British troops in Afghanistan on Monday, by members of the Afghanistan armed forces. The American was killed in […]

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Republicans Promise to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

Republicans Promise to take US Health Care in Direction of Sub-Saharan Africa

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