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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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Iran: Police fire on some of the Thousands of Demonstrators Commemorating 40th day after Mahsa Amini's Death

Iran: Police fire on some of the Thousands of Demonstrators Commemorating 40th day after Mahsa Amini’s Death

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wednesday was the fortieth day after the death of the Kurdish young woman, Mahsa “Zhina” Amini, 22, in the custody […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Ukraine is Perfect for Wind Power, which would Help it and Europe Escape Russian Fossil Gas Blackmail

Ukraine is Perfect for Wind Power, which would Help it and Europe Escape Russian Fossil Gas Blackmail

Buffalo, NY (Special to Informed Comment) – Until recently, the reasons for Europeans to switch the sourcing of electricity from coal, methane (“natural”) gas and […]

Dave Bradley

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Gaza’s Food System has been Stretched to Breaking Point by Israel

Palestinian Gaza’s Food System has been Stretched to Breaking Point by Israel

By Georgina McAllister, Coventry University | – “Control oil, and you control nations; control food and you control people.” This aphorism, often attributed to Henry […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Fossil Free Research Movement is taking Universities by Storm

The Fossil Free Research Movement is taking Universities by Storm

By Nick Engelfried | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When over 40 Cambridge students and academics occupied the elite U.K. university’s BP Institute earlier […]

Waging Nonviolence

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Israel's Racism Controversy over the "Problematic" "Arab Womb."  Should Palestinian-Israelis be fined for Having Children?

Israel’s Racism Controversy over the “Problematic” “Arab Womb.” Should Palestinian-Israelis be fined for Having Children?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Adnan Abu Aamer writing at the pan-Arab newspaper Arabi 21, reviews the controversy roiling the Palestinian-Israeli community, over a physician’s […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Solar Panels are the Cheapest Energy in World History, but they Can be Even more Efficient and Inexpensive

Solar Panels are the Cheapest Energy in World History, but they Can be Even more Efficient and Inexpensive

By Renate Egan, UNSW Sydney | – The cost of turning sunlight into electricity has fallen more than 90% over the last decade. Solar is […]

The Conversation

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My War Never Ends

My War Never Ends

By Chris Hedges | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As this century began, I was writing War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, my […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
Whatever you Think of the Taliban, the Afghan People Desperately Need Help, not Broad Sanctions

Whatever you Think of the Taliban, the Afghan People Desperately Need Help, not Broad Sanctions

By Ed Corcoran | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Taliban waged an impressive military campaign and removed the prior government in August […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Zelensky Lambastes Israel for not Helping Ukraine, Warns of Russian Aid to Iran's Nuclear Program

Zelensky Lambastes Israel for not Helping Ukraine, Warns of Russian Aid to Iran’s Nuclear Program

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky lambasted Israel on Monday, saying that the latter’s refusal to provide Ukraine with anti-missile defenses and […]

Juan Cole

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