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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Egypt, among Countries most Threatened by Climate Emergency, Cripples Environmental Groups

Egypt, among Countries most Threatened by Climate Emergency, Cripples Environmental Groups

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The Egyptian government has severely curtailed environmental groups’ ability to carry out independent policy, advocacy, and field work essential […]

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Iran
Iran and the US appear unlikely to reach a new Nuclear Deal – leaving Everyone more Unsafe

Iran and the US appear unlikely to reach a new Nuclear Deal – leaving Everyone more Unsafe

By Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – (The Conversation) – Iran’s standoff with the United States over its […]

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Muslim Americans are Young, Patriotic and Bullish on this Country, and are not to Blame for 9/11

Muslim Americans are Young, Patriotic and Bullish on this Country, and are not to Blame for 9/11

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yesterday, America observed a commemoration of 21 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks by al-Qaeda on key US targets. […]

Juan Cole

Pollution
9/11 Survivors’ exposure to Toxic Dust and the chronic Health Conditions that followed offer Lessons that are still too often Unheeded

9/11 Survivors’ exposure to Toxic Dust and the chronic Health Conditions that followed offer Lessons that are still too often Unheeded

By Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University | – (The Conversation) – The 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York resulted in […]

The Conversation

Agriculture
Food Sovereignty vs. Food Aid: Why Small-Scale Farming Suffers

Food Sovereignty vs. Food Aid: Why Small-Scale Farming Suffers

( Tabsir.net ) – The early major civilizations in the Middle East and Asia with their head start several millennia ago had one thing in […]

Daniel Martin Varisco

Arms Sales
Spending Unlimited: Contractors Cash in as Congress Adds Billions to the Pentagon Budget

Spending Unlimited: Contractors Cash in as Congress Adds Billions to the Pentagon Budget

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Congress has spoken when it comes to next year’s Pentagon budget and the […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Solar Power in US to grow by Factor of 3 by 2027 after IRA, Saving us from Climate Disasters and Lung Cancer (yes)

Solar Power in US to grow by Factor of 3 by 2027 after IRA, Saving us from Climate Disasters and Lung Cancer (yes)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Because of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), energy analysis firm Wood MacKenzie has increased its estimation of how much […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
U.S. House Members raise Objections to Manchin Deal fast-tracking Coal, Oil, Gas Projects

U.S. House Members raise Objections to Manchin Deal fast-tracking Coal, Oil, Gas Projects

By Jacob Fischler | – ( Minnesota Reformer ) – More than 50 U.S. House members are objecting to a push to revise federal environmental […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How many times must Gaza be rebuilt, to be bombed again?

How many times must Gaza be rebuilt, to be bombed again?

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is infamous for bombing innocents in the Gaza Strip. During Israel’s latest three-day […]

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