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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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Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted

Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can’t Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out […]

Ramona Wadi

Displaced and Refugees
Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways

Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways

By Kirsten Gelsdorf and Jacob Kurtzer | – As Russia continues to target houses, apartment buildings, hospitals and civilians in Ukraine, there are mounting calls […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
This is Where We came in: Will Russia's Syrian Mercenaries in Ukraine form a new Al-Qaeda?

This is Where We came in: Will Russia’s Syrian Mercenaries in Ukraine form a new Al-Qaeda?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, according to Alarabiya (quoting Tass) Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would permit foreign fighters from the […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
If Putinism is victorious in Ukraine, it will set a horrific Precedent

If Putinism is victorious in Ukraine, it will set a horrific Precedent

By John Feffer | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – War has been pretty much a constant in human affairs. If you’ve managed […]

John Feffer

Batteries
Ukraine war pushes German homeowners' demand for rooftop Solar, Batteries, in bid for Independence

Ukraine war pushes German homeowners’ demand for rooftop Solar, Batteries, in bid for Independence

By Paul Gordon | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The war in Ukraine and the associated energy crisis are pushing homeowners in record […]

Clean Energy Wire

Authoritarianism
Iran Must Release Prominent Anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah (MESA)

Iran Must Release Prominent Anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah (MESA)

Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association | – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Gigi Hadid’s Palestine Pledge and ‘Anti-Palestinianism’: The Great Vogue Controversy

Gigi Hadid’s Palestine Pledge and ‘Anti-Palestinianism’: The Great Vogue Controversy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Arab News reports that Vogue did an instagram posting about model Gigi Hadid’s pledge to donate her fall earnings […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Revolution and Exile:  A Poignant New Memoir of Iran

Revolution and Exile: A Poignant New Memoir of Iran

Review by Fariba Amini. Neda Toloui-Semnani, They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of my Parents, New York: Little A, 2022. Newark, Delaware (Special to […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
While world focuses on plight of Ukraine's children, endless trauma of Gaza's children should not be ignored

While world focuses on plight of Ukraine’s children, endless trauma of Gaza’s children should not be ignored

( Jordan Times ) – More than two million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded that country. The majority have been women and children […]

Michael Jansen

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