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

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Gaza needs a Cease-Fire, not a Cessation of Aid

Gaza needs a Cease-Fire, not a Cessation of Aid

By Tania Principe | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Almost a month has passed since the Hamas militant group launched a deadly attack on […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Shocking Restrictions on Israeli Immigration to West should be Lifted, Since 1/3 wish to Emigrate

Shocking Restrictions on Israeli Immigration to West should be Lifted, Since 1/3 wish to Emigrate

Satire Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two Israeli lawmakers made a modest proposal in an op ed in the Wall Street Journal, according to The […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Does Compromise show Weakness or Strength? -   A Surprising finding in the Talmud

Does Compromise show Weakness or Strength? – A Surprising finding in the Talmud

Growing up in Israel, the prevailing mentality surrounding me everywhere I went was that compromise shows weakness. The message was clear: compromise is a “Diaspora […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Africa
Pentagon Admits Failure in ‘War on Terror’ in Africa, as Attacks increase 75,000%

Pentagon Admits Failure in ‘War on Terror’ in Africa, as Attacks increase 75,000%

( Tomdispatch.com ) – America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats. During 20-plus years of armed interventions, […]

Nick Turse

Antisemitism
Confessions of an Ex-Zionist: My Judaism will not stand for the Mass Slaughter in Gaza

Confessions of an Ex-Zionist: My Judaism will not stand for the Mass Slaughter in Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I grieve for the people of Israel and Palestine, both of whom are being abused and terrorized […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Colonialism
Britain: Its Empire and Corporations, and Their Current Traces

Britain: Its Empire and Corporations, and Their Current Traces

Review of Philip J. Stern, Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press, 2023. Munich (Special to Informed Comment) – […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Israel/ Palestine
Americans Want a Ceasefire. It's Our Politicians Who Are Out of Touch

Americans Want a Ceasefire. It’s Our Politicians Who Are Out of Touch

By Farrah Hassen ( Otherwords ) – Two years ago, filmmaker Mohannad Abu Rizk asked children in Gaza about their dreams. One young girl responded, […]

OtherWords

Israel/ Palestine
‘We remain Afraid of the Future’ – how Palestinian Children’s Optimism was Fading even before this Crisis

‘We remain Afraid of the Future’ – how Palestinian Children’s Optimism was Fading even before this Crisis

By Ritesh Shah, University of Auckland | In October alone, more children were reported to have died in Gaza than the total number of children […]

The Conversation

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Nakba 2.0: Israeli Gov't Minister Describes War on Gaza as another Catastrophic Ethnic Cleansing

Nakba 2.0: Israeli Gov’t Minister Describes War on Gaza as another Catastrophic Ethnic Cleansing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As Maya Angelou wisely advised, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Members of the […]

Juan Cole

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