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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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No, Militant Israeli Squatters haven't Exceeded 500K in Occupied Palestine:  It is more Like 733,000

No, Militant Israeli Squatters haven’t Exceeded 500K in Occupied Palestine: It is more Like 733,000

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AP is reporting that what it calls the Israeli “settler” population in the Palestinian West Bank has now exceeded 500,000, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Illegal Collective Punishment against Palestinians

Israel: Illegal Collective Punishment against Palestinians

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities’ actions to seal the family homes in the occupied West Bank of two Palestinians suspected […]

Human Rights Watch

Corruption
No Amount of Fraud Deters Government Agencies When It Comes to Privatizing Medicare

No Amount of Fraud Deters Government Agencies When It Comes to Privatizing Medicare

By Ana Malinow and Kay Tillow | – ( Commondreams.org) – On January 17, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced 48 new […]

Common Dreams

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The Nightmare of Republican Voter Suppression

The Nightmare of Republican Voter Suppression

By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The fundamental right to vote has been a core value of Black politics since the colonial […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
In 4th Quarter, for first time Hybrid and Electric Vehicles outsold Diesel and Gasoline Cars in the European Union

In 4th Quarter, for first time Hybrid and Electric Vehicles outsold Diesel and Gasoline Cars in the European Union

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the European Union in the fourth quarter of 2022, for the first time in history diesel- and gasoline-powered automobiles […]

Juan Cole

International Criminal Court
What international Law says about Israel’s planned Destruction of Palestinian assailants’ Homes

What international Law says about Israel’s planned Destruction of Palestinian assailants’ Homes

Robert Goldman, American University | – After a deadly attack that killed seven people outside an East Jerusalem synagogue, the Israeli government responded by sealing […]

The Conversation

censorship
Right-Wing Pro-Israeli Group Standwithus, close to Israeli Gov’t, Harasses GWU Professor

Right-Wing Pro-Israeli Group Standwithus, close to Israeli Gov’t, Harasses GWU Professor

Middle East Studies Association – Committee on Academic Freedom | – Letter to the president of GWU regarding Professor Lara Sheehi President Mark S. Wrighton […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Why Isn’t Israel Helping the only other Jewish Head of State, in Ukraine?

Why Isn’t Israel Helping the only other Jewish Head of State, in Ukraine?

By John Feffer | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – There are currently only two Jewish heads of state in the world. The […]

John Feffer

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US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov't

US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov’t

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, and offered condolences […]

Juan Cole

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