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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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Egypt’s Systemic Greenwashing is sabotaging COP27 before it Begins

Egypt’s Systemic Greenwashing is sabotaging COP27 before it Begins

By Sydney Allen | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – The largest international environmental conference, COP27, is set to kick off on November 6 in Sharm […]

Global Voices

Reproductive Choice
In first nationwide Election since Roe was Overturned, Voters opt to protect Abortion Access

In first nationwide Election since Roe was Overturned, Voters opt to protect Abortion Access

By Linda C. McClain, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University | – The first major election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Biden Holds Red Wave to a Ripple, as Trump Loses Big Time in Midterms

Biden Holds Red Wave to a Ripple, as Trump Loses Big Time in Midterms

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Over the past 40 years, midterm elections have typically been quiet affairs in which only 38% to 40% of voters […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel: The Right-Wing Netanyahu is Back but can he Govern with Far, Far Right "Allies"?

Israel: The Right-Wing Netanyahu is Back but can he Govern with Far, Far Right “Allies”?

By Guy Ziv, American University School of International Service | – Israel’s political magician has done it again. Having been turned out of office in […]

The Conversation

Syria
Syria: Parties to the Conflict Aggravate Cholera Epidemic  (HRW)

Syria: Parties to the Conflict Aggravate Cholera Epidemic (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Turkish authorities are exacerbating an acute water crisis that is believed to have given rise to the deadly cholera […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
With Israeli Expulsionists in Power, US SecState Blinken can’t Assuage Palestinian Fears With talk of defunct “Two-State Solution”

With Israeli Expulsionists in Power, US SecState Blinken can’t Assuage Palestinian Fears With talk of defunct “Two-State Solution”

( Middle East Monitor) – With Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu set to return as Israeli prime minister, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Palestinian […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
One Billionaire emits a Million times more CO2 than an Average Person, as Protesters block Private Planes at Amsterdam

One Billionaire emits a Million times more CO2 than an Average Person, as Protesters block Private Planes at Amsterdam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Oxfam has a new study, Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people. The Executive Summary says that […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Politics and pulpits: Christians and Republicans team up to watch the Polls Tuesday

Politics and pulpits: Christians and Republicans team up to watch the Polls Tuesday

By Deena Winter | – The Minnesota Reformer BUFFALO — A flag hanging from a telephone pole marked the turnoff to the Land of Promise. […]

Minnesota Reformer

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: On the Road to International Isolation with the Rise of domestic Fascist Parties

Israel: On the Road to International Isolation with the Rise of domestic Fascist Parties

Adnan Abu Amer | – As Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud party that won the Israeli elections, rushes to form his new government, unprecedented […]

Middle East Monitor

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