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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Nexstar, Broadcaster of "Kung Fu," "Nancy Drew," Fires Journalist Katie Halper for Defending Palestinian Rights

Nexstar, Broadcaster of “Kung Fu,” “Nancy Drew,” Fires Journalist Katie Halper for Defending Palestinian Rights

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Journalist Katie Halper of the YouTube channel Katie Halper Show (which can be supported at Patreon) was fired on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
3 ways these latest Iran Demonstrations are different from past Protests

3 ways these latest Iran Demonstrations are different from past Protests

By Naser Ghobadzadeh, Australian Catholic University | – Once again, Iran is in the midst of political upheaval and civil unrest. The latest protests, triggered […]

The Conversation

Greece
Biden needs NATO unity to Confront Russia, but will Turkish-Greek Conflict in the Aegean Break it Up?

Biden needs NATO unity to Confront Russia, but will Turkish-Greek Conflict in the Aegean Break it Up?

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – For the first time in its long history, NATO’s unity is under threat […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Damage:  Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks "a super-emitter event of unimaginable proportions"

Climate Damage: Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks “a super-emitter event of unimaginable proportions”

By Carolina Kyllmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Leaking methane from the damaged Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines is likely to […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Dear Gov. DeSantis: Ian isn't a once-in-500-years Flooding event, it is the New Normal, and Your Policies are helping Cause it

Dear Gov. DeSantis: Ian isn’t a once-in-500-years Flooding event, it is the New Normal, and Your Policies are helping Cause it

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has abruptly been handed an honest-to-God crisis that may distract him from his usual antics of […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Juan Cole on Theocracy:  The David Feldman Show (Video)

Juan Cole on Theocracy: The David Feldman Show (Video)

The David Feldman Show | Juan Cole on Theocracy | – “03:30:52 SPECIAL GUEST: Professor Juan Cole in conversation with Professor Adnan Husain Professor Cole […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Iranian women have been rebelling against restrictions since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 – with renewed hope that protests this time will end differently

Iranian women have been rebelling against restrictions since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 – with renewed hope that protests this time will end differently

By Pardis Mahdavi, The University of Montana | – Shouts of “death to the dictator” and “woman, life, freedom” are reverberating throughout the streets of […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How America’s Democracy Is “Ripe to Be Exploited”

How America’s Democracy Is “Ripe to Be Exploited”

By Eric Umansky | – ( ProPublica) – Voters in Sweden this month gave a leading role to a far-right party with neo-Nazi roots. Italy […]

ProPublica

Pentagon
Lie all you can Lie:  Dishonesty Plagues America's War Machine

Lie all you can Lie: Dishonesty Plagues America’s War Machine

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a military professor for six years at the U.S. Air Force Academy in the 1990s, I often walked past the […]

William J. Astore

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