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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Israel/ Palestine
Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Hamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages is a War Crime

Free Civilians Held in Gaza; Treat All Humanely; Don’t Use as Human Shields

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
If Gaza is a Conflict over Oil Money investments, Norway points to a Near Future where Petroleum is Worthless

If Gaza is a Conflict over Oil Money investments, Norway points to a Near Future where Petroleum is Worthless

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration has concluded that the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel of October 7 and after aimed at derailing […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Debunked: 'Gaza is not Occupied'

Debunked: ‘Gaza is not Occupied’

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Anyone interested in the truth should ask – if Israel doesn’t occupy Gaza, why […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – Surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting Poverty than armed Resistance

Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – Surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting Poverty than armed Resistance

By Nathan French, Miami University | – (The Conversation) – Amid the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, observers in the region and internationally continue to […]

The Conversation

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Juan Cole - 3 Possible Futures for Palestinians: One-State Solution, Continued Apartheid or Ethnic Cleansing (Again)

Juan Cole – 3 Possible Futures for Palestinians: One-State Solution, Continued Apartheid or Ethnic Cleansing (Again)

Interview by Nedžla Kurtćehajić of Juan Cole for FACE TV (Sarajevo, Bosnia) | While in Sarajevo last week I did a television interview on issues […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Hamas: A 2023 Counterfactual

Hamas: A 2023 Counterfactual

  Detailed Political Quizzes Because facts matter ( Detailed Political Quizzes) – Hamas’s horrific October 7 terrorism should not be justified by any serious person. […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Afghanistan
A Reflexive Act of Military Revenge Burdened the US - and May do the Same for Israel

A Reflexive Act of Military Revenge Burdened the US – and May do the Same for Israel

By Peter Mansoor, The Ohio State University | – In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, […]

The Conversation

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Biden's Historically Illiterate and Hypocritical Speech on Ukraine and Gaza

Biden’s Historically Illiterate and Hypocritical Speech on Ukraine and Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration’s foreign policy is a mess and lacks any real consistency. This messiness was on full display in […]

Juan Cole

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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity  (Review)

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (Review)

Review of Peter Attia’s recent book, with Bill Gifford, OUTLIVE: THE SCIENCE & ART OF LONGEVITY, (New York: Harmony Books, 2023), $16.24. Auburn, Al. (Special […]

Richard Penaskovic

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