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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

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When it comes to Guns, the US is a Third World Country run by Corporate Lobbyists for a Profit

When it comes to Guns, the US is a Third World Country run by Corporate Lobbyists for a Profit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 21 are dead in another mass shooting, including 19 schoolchildren. The white slavers of the Old Souoth used to call […]

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Israel/ Palestine
As Biden heads to Israel, Bennett announces 4,427 New Squatter Units on Palestinian Land; State Department Tut-Tuts

As Biden heads to Israel, Bennett announces 4,427 New Squatter Units on Palestinian Land; State Department Tut-Tuts

( Middle East Monitor ) – “In the face of enemy violence, the Zionist answer has always been settlement, security and immigration,” Israeli Prime Minister […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Climate Change: radical Activists benefit social Movements – History shows Why

Climate Change: radical Activists benefit social Movements – History shows Why

By Heather Alberro, Nottingham Trent University | – Wynn Bruce set himself on fire on April 22 2022 – Earth Day. His self-immolation in front […]

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Arms Sales
Arsenal of Autocracy?    The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just in Ukraine

Arsenal of Autocracy? The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just in Ukraine

By William D. Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – These are good times to be an arms maker. Not only are tens of billions of […]

William D. Hartung

Carbon Footprint
Extinction Rebellion inspires Shell Consultant to Resign over Company's Bad Faith on Climate Emergency, Call for More Resignations

Extinction Rebellion inspires Shell Consultant to Resign over Company’s Bad Faith on Climate Emergency, Call for More Resignations

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a letter of resignation to the Shell executive committee that she posted to her Linkedin page, Caroline Dennett, the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Iran: Arrests Amid Economic Protests: Attempt to Suppress Growing Social Movements

Iran: Arrests Amid Economic Protests: Attempt to Suppress Growing Social Movements

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities have arrested several prominent activists on baseless accusations amid labor union strikes and ongoing protests against rising […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Right of return: The Nakba (1948 Calamity) is back on Palestinian Agenda

Right of return: The Nakba (1948 Calamity) is back on Palestinian Agenda

( Middle East Monitor ) – For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba – or Catastrophe – is a thing of the […]

Ramzy Baroud

Food Insecurity
War in Ukraine is pushing global acute Hunger to the highest Level in this Century

War in Ukraine is pushing global acute Hunger to the highest Level in this Century

By Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University | – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions […]

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Saudi Arabia Snubs US, Rejects Russia Boycott, as Rumors Fly Biden may meet with the Crown Prince

Saudi Arabia Snubs US, Rejects Russia Boycott, as Rumors Fly Biden may meet with the Crown Prince

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Even as the possibility of a visit to Riyadh by President Joe Biden after his upcoming trip to Israel is […]

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