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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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Israel/ Palestine
Haaretz:  Israel has erected ‘a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime’

Haaretz: Israel has erected ‘a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime’

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has erected “a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime,” the editorial of Haaretz newspaper said yesterday, in a stark warning […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks on Judicial Independence

Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks on Judicial Independence

Human Rights Watch – (Tunis) –  Tunisian authorities should immediately reinstate judges and prosecutors President Kais Saied arbitrarily dismissed as part of what he called an […]

Human Rights Watch

Christianity
America is Finally Secularizing, as Young People abandon Organized Religion in Droves

America is Finally Secularizing, as Young People abandon Organized Religion in Droves

By Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College | – (The Conversation) – About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low. According to a […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Squatter Terrorists Fire Guns, Set dozens of Fires in Palestinian Town, Killing One and Wounding 100

Israeli Squatter Terrorists Fire Guns, Set dozens of Fires in Palestinian Town, Killing One and Wounding 100

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli squatters on land owned by Palestinian families went berserk on Sunday, after two squatters were shot by a Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Words the US and European Press are too Cowardly to Use about Israel's Occupation of Palestinians: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Apartheid

The Words the US and European Press are too Cowardly to Use about Israel’s Occupation of Palestinians: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor ) – On 20 February, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
The EV Transition isn’t just about Cars – the broader Goal should be Access to clean Mobility for Everyone

The EV Transition isn’t just about Cars – the broader Goal should be Access to clean Mobility for Everyone

By Sita M. Syal, University of Michigan | (The Conversation) – The race to decarbonize passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. is accelerating. […]

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
Police gone Wild: When the Scorpions on the Corner Just Might Kill You

Police gone Wild: When the Scorpions on the Corner Just Might Kill You

By Michael Gould-Wartofsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – To residents of Memphis’s resource-poor, predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods, the Scorpions were easy to spot. The plainclothes […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency: Extreme Heat Waves will increase 600% in Israel, Middle East, over 80 years, as 70% of Youth consider Emigrating

Climate Emergency: Extreme Heat Waves will increase 600% in Israel, Middle East, over 80 years, as 70% of Youth consider Emigrating

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ruth Schuster at Haaretz reports on a new study led by Assaf Hochmann at Hebrew University, finding that extreme heat […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
Derailments across the Country: Rail Workers Warned Us that Greed Is Dangerous

Derailments across the Country: Rail Workers Warned Us that Greed Is Dangerous

By Rebekah Entralgo | – ( Otherwords.org ) – The toxic clouds that billowed up from a derailed freight train in Ohio this February are […]

OtherWords

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