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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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Feminism
Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives:  Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

Interview: How Turkey’s Failure to Protect Women Can Cost Them Their Lives: Authorities Need To Act To Prevent Femicides

( Human Rights Watch ) – According to the most recent official data, around four out of ten women in Turkey have suffered physical and/or […]

Human Rights Watch

Australia
3 ways Australia can become a Renewable Energy Superpower – without Leaving anyone Behind

3 ways Australia can become a Renewable Energy Superpower – without Leaving anyone Behind

By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University | – Australians will bear yet another blow to our cost of living in July when electricity prices […]

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Climate Crisis
In Global Sea Change, 52% of Prospective Car Buyers Aim for New Energy Vehicles as Gasoline Spikes

In Global Sea Change, 52% of Prospective Car Buyers Aim for New Energy Vehicles as Gasoline Spikes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The accounting firm Ernst & Young reports on its recent global Mobility Consumer Index poll with 13,000 respondents across 18 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How Climate Solutions promoted by Western Governments avoid what needs to be Done

How Climate Solutions promoted by Western Governments avoid what needs to be Done

By Jenni Laiti and Florian Carl | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – “What local people?” This was the highly controversial question posed in 2014 by […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
Free Her Face': Male Afghan Journalists Don Masks, Express Solidarity With Female Colleagues

Free Her Face’: Male Afghan Journalists Don Masks, Express Solidarity With Female Colleagues

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi | – (RFL/RE ) – Male Afghan TV presenters have donned face masks on air in a show of solidarity with […]

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Islamophobia
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American Media – 2 Political Scientists reviewed over 250,000 Articles to find conclusive Evidence

Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American Media – 2 Political Scientists reviewed over 250,000 Articles to find conclusive Evidence

By Erik Bleich, Middlebury and A. Maurits van der Veen, William & Mary | – The warm welcome Americans and Europeans have given Ukrainians in […]

The Conversation

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The other Gun Problem: Israeli Squatter-Settlers in Palestinian West Bank have Killed, Injured Dozens of Palestinians with Assault Weapons

The other Gun Problem: Israeli Squatter-Settlers in Palestinian West Bank have Killed, Injured Dozens of Palestinians with Assault Weapons

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that 37 Palestinians have been murdered by Israeli squatter-settlers […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Americans Must Demand a Credible Investigation Into Killing of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Israel/Palestine: Americans Must Demand a Credible Investigation Into Killing of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

By Phyllis Bennis and Richard Falk | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Shireen Abu Akleh was a seasoned al-Jazeera correspondent for the […]

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Campaign Finance
A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved

A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved

By Megan O’Matz | – ( ProPublica ) – Cole Wist was a Republican state House member in Colorado with an A grade from the […]

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