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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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Türkiye gets its Way on Kurdish Groups, agrees to Swedish, Finnish NATO Bids, as Biden weighs F-16 Sales to Ankara

Türkiye gets its Way on Kurdish Groups, agrees to Swedish, Finnish NATO Bids, as Biden weighs F-16 Sales to Ankara

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Türkiye (formerly Turkey) spent this spring vowing that Sweden and Finland would not be admitted […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate Carbon Pollution – and sent a Warning to other Regulators

The Supreme Court has curtailed EPA’s power to regulate Carbon Pollution – and sent a Warning to other Regulators

By Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School | – In a highly anticipated but not unexpected 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on June 30, 2022, […]

The Conversation

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The Right-Wing’s Attempt to Militarize American Politics

The Right-Wing’s Attempt to Militarize American Politics

( Tomdispatch.com) – Increasingly, it seems, Americans have an anger problem. All too many of us now have the urge to use name-calling, violent social-media […]

Tomdispatch

Iran
In Major Security Shake-Up, Iran Replaces Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Chief

In Major Security Shake-Up, Iran Replaces Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Chief

( RFL/RE ) – Hossein Taeb, a hard-line cleric, was the intelligence chief of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Crisis
In 13 Years, Gasoline will be as Illegal in Europe as Heroin for New Car Buyers

In 13 Years, Gasoline will be as Illegal in Europe as Heroin for New Car Buyers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Les Echos reports that after a marathon 16-hour negotiating session, the 27 European Union countries agreed to issue five new […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Sudan: Voices of Protesters Should Be Heard, Not Sidelined

Sudan: Voices of Protesters Should Be Heard, Not Sidelined

By Mohamed Darish, resistance committee member | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Sudan’s tenacious street protesters and other supporters of the social movement […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians ‘are not animals in a zoo’: On Kanafani and the need to redefine the role of the ‘victim intellectual’

Palestinians ‘are not animals in a zoo’: On Kanafani and the need to redefine the role of the ‘victim intellectual’

Years before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, US media introduced many new characters, promoting them as ‘experts’ who helped ratchet up US propaganda, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Guns
American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

American gun culture is based on frontier mythology – but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

By Pierre M. Atlas, Indiana University | – In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it is more […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Great Car Fight Movie Scenes Reminiscent of Trump's attack on Agent Bobby Engel on Jan. 6

Great Car Fight Movie Scenes Reminiscent of Trump’s attack on Agent Bobby Engel on Jan. 6

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Cassidy Hutchinson testified on Tuesday that Trump grew violent in the presidential limousine, nicknamed the beast, toward a member of […]

Juan Cole

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