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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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Could the United States return to a Good Neighbor Policy in the Americas?  Can it afford not to?

Could the United States return to a Good Neighbor Policy in the Americas? Can it afford not to?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – A few recent headlines reveal the painfully inhumane, dangerously volatile state of U.S. relations with its own home region, the continent […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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Far Right Israeli Government bans Palestinian flag, just as Apartheid S. Africa Banned ANC Flag

Far Right Israeli Government bans Palestinian flag, just as Apartheid S. Africa Banned ANC Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli parliament or Knesset on Tuesday approved the first reading of a law banning the raising of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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Many thanks to our Readers and Supporters, and Happy New Year

Many thanks to our Readers and Supporters, and Happy New Year

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Once again, you came through with generous support for Informed Comment. Our regular contributors and I are so grateful, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Have Israeli Extremists Ben-Gvir and Smotrich set Sights on Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians?

Have Israeli Extremists Ben-Gvir and Smotrich set Sights on Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians?

By Feras Abu-Helal | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – At the end of last month, Benjamin Netanyahu formed the most extreme Israeli government […]

Middle East Monitor

Food Insecurity
Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters

Housing Unaffordable for Half of US Renters

By Matt McConnell | Researcher, Economic Justice and Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – New survey data released recently by the […]

Human Rights Watch

Islam
Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important Piece of History – here’s why Art Historians teach them

Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important Piece of History – here’s why Art Historians teach them

By Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan | – Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently dismissed Erika López Prater, an adjunct faculty member, for showing […]

The Conversation

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Israelis mass to Protest "Thuggish" "Fascist" new Government, as it Proceeds to Ensconce Apartheid toward Palestinians

Israelis mass to Protest “Thuggish” “Fascist” new Government, as it Proceeds to Ensconce Apartheid toward Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new, far right wing government in Israel, some elements of which are fairly characterized as fascist, has in a […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Will Iran’s Protest Movement Survive?

Will Iran’s Protest Movement Survive?

( RFE/RL) – Antiestablishment protests have raged across Iran for months, despite a brutal state crackdown in which hundreds of demonstrators have been killed and […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

US Foreign Policy
Why American Exceptionalism can be a Very Bad Thing

Why American Exceptionalism can be a Very Bad Thing

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper stories about the war in Ukraine. […]

Rebecca Gordon

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