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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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9/11, Climate Change Style: How burning Fossil Fuels is making our own Planet Alien to Us

9/11, Climate Change Style: How burning Fossil Fuels is making our own Planet Alien to Us

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As it turns out, it’s never too late. I mention that only because last week, at nearly 79, I managed to […]

Tom Engelhardt

Donald Trump
Iran confirms it is Talking with the Biden Administration about Nuclear Enrichment, Prisoners and Regional Relations

Iran confirms it is Talking with the Biden Administration about Nuclear Enrichment, Prisoners and Regional Relations

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is coming out that the US and Iran have been talking privately in Oman about a range of bilateral […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Governments at Bonn Climate Talks Should Press United Arab Emirates on Rights

Governments at Bonn Climate Talks Should Press United Arab Emirates on Rights

Joe Stork Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division (Human Rights Watch ) – Ahmed Mansoor, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) best-known human rights […]

Human Rights Watch

Anti-intellectualism
Restricting College Tenure will hurt State Economies, Many Warn

Restricting College Tenure will hurt State Economies, Many Warn

By: Stephen Elliott – Daniel Brinks, who chairs the government department at the University of Texas at Austin, doesn’t usually have a tough time recruiting […]

Florida Phoenix

Agriculture
‘We are gambling with the future of our Planet for the sake of Hamburgers’: Peter Singer on Climate Change

‘We are gambling with the future of our Planet for the sake of Hamburgers’: Peter Singer on Climate Change

By Peter Singer, Princeton University | – (The Conversation) – I wasn’t aware of climate change until the 1980s — hardly anyone was — and […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The Trials of Donald Trump and Aaron Burr:  3 Similarities and 2 Differences

The Trials of Donald Trump and Aaron Burr: 3 Similarities and 2 Differences

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Only three holders of the top executive offices in the country, the presidency and the vice presidency, have ever been […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
‘If you want to die in jail, keep talking’ – Two National Security Law Experts discuss the special Treatment for Trump and offer him some Advice

‘If you want to die in jail, keep talking’ – Two National Security Law Experts discuss the special Treatment for Trump and offer him some Advice

By Thomas A. Durkin, Loyola University Chicago and Joseph Ferguson, Loyola University Chicago | – (The Conversation) – Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today

I saw Israel’s ‘final solution to the Palestinian problem’ in Lebanon 41 years ago, and I see it again today

By Rev. Dr. Don Wagner ( Mondoweisss ) – Forty-one years ago, I was in Lebanon leading a group of ten U.S. relief and development […]

Mondoweiss

China
Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China?  Another Step in Beijing’s Rise to Global Power

Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China? Another Step in Beijing’s Rise to Global Power

( Tomdispatch.com ) – All wars do end, usually thanks to a negotiated peace agreement. Consider that a fundamental historical fact, even if it seems […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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