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Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences
Donald Trump

Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences

Hugh J. Curran

the U.S. is approaching the precipice without articulating a vision as to what will follow, plunging toward a large-scale war against Iran

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

“The Dawn of Nothing:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:38

02/22/2026 By Juan Cole

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

Saudi foreign policy makers have read Sun Tzu well. Have Iran’s?

02/22/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

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The Disappearance of Palestine

The Disappearance of Palestine

International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but its territory is disappearing like sand in an hourglass

John Feffer

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Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1

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BDS
How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

Under pressure from local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds.

Waging Nonviolence

Donald Trump
Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume

Iran has more Options up its sleeve than Trump and Netanyahu Assume

As Israel attempts to push the US into war with Iran, it’s worth considering how Tehran could retaliate

Paul Rogers

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UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

UN Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese: A Noble Woman

Francesca Albanese stands head and shoulders with the great Nobel-Prize women.  Women won for her dedication to international peace

H. Patricia Hynes

Iran
“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

“Time is slipping underneath our Feet:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:37

Like cascading waters, or a desert squall another day of my life has fled.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

UK Supreme Court Strikes down Gov’t Ban on Palestine Action Group

Keir Starmer’s government suffered a resounding blow from the UK Supreme Court, which struck down the ban on the activist group Pal Action

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Serious Court Challenges May Reverse the Trump EPA’s Revocation of 2009 CO2 Endangerment Finding

Serious Court Challenges May Reverse the Trump EPA’s Revocation of 2009 CO2 Endangerment Finding

The court found that various greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, were “pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act.

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Donald Trump
Too Late, Mr. Trump. You Cannot Undo the Multi-Racial, Multi-National Real America

Too Late, Mr. Trump. You Cannot Undo the Multi-Racial, Multi-National Real America

White people are not being “replaced” by invading non-whites, who have been here all along–because the U.S. incorporated them as we expanded

Mitchell Zimmerman

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