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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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More Principled than Biden, Australia's Labor Gov't Revokes Recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli Capital

More Principled than Biden, Australia’s Labor Gov’t Revokes Recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli Capital

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Australian foreign minister, Penny Wong, announced on Monday that the Labor Party government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Human Rights Groups Condemn Deadly Crackdown As Iranians Continue Protests

Human Rights Groups Condemn Deadly Crackdown As Iranians Continue Protests

By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda | – ( RFE/RL’s Radio Farda ) – More than three dozen human rights groups have condemned Tehran’s deadly crackdown on […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The West is Complaining about an Energy Crisis, but de facto Supports Energy Shortages as Policy for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

The West is Complaining about an Energy Crisis, but de facto Supports Energy Shortages as Policy for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Russia’s war in Ukraine is about to enter its ninth month. While the […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Solar Farms foster Wildlife and Biodiversity.  *Not* a Blight on the Landscape

Solar Farms foster Wildlife and Biodiversity. *Not* a Blight on the Landscape

By Angie Turner, Keele University; Eleanor Harrison, Staffordshire University; and Zoe Robinson, Keele University | – Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, isn’t a […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
US officials, having Stabbed Palestinians in the Back for Decades, now "Offended" that President Abbas doesn't Trust them and Wants Russia Involved

US officials, having Stabbed Palestinians in the Back for Decades, now “Offended” that President Abbas doesn’t Trust them and Wants Russia Involved

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barak Ravid at Axios reports that Biden administration officials are furious about remarks by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas saying he […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The world must hear the Voice of Iranian Women

The world must hear the Voice of Iranian Women

By Azin Mohajerin and Sussan Tahmasebi | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – The name Mahsa (Jina) Amini has become a rallying cry for millions of […]

Global Voices

China
The New Cold War Heats Up Asia:  China and the U.S. Face an Unprecedented Crisis

The New Cold War Heats Up Asia: China and the U.S. Face an Unprecedented Crisis

( Tomdispatch.com ) – If the world is indeed entering a new Cold War, it bears little resemblance to the final years of that global […]

Alfred W. McCoy

Donald Trump
Lonely MAGA Bros:  Peter Thiel's New Conservative Dating App Ghosted by, like, Women

Lonely MAGA Bros: Peter Thiel’s New Conservative Dating App Ghosted by, like, Women

By Lisa Portolan, Western Sydney University | – The Right Stuff is a new conservative dating app, recently launched in the US. Not yet available […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Prison Revolt, Fire, Gunshots at Notorious Evin Facility in Iran, which houses Political Prisoners, as Iran Protests enter 5th Week

Prison Revolt, Fire, Gunshots at Notorious Evin Facility in Iran, which houses Political Prisoners, as Iran Protests enter 5th Week

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dubai-based Al-Arabiya assembles Tweets from Iran about the prisoner uprising at Iran’s maximum-security prison, Evin, which led to the outbreak […]

Juan Cole

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