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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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What can we Learn about Ukraine's Future from Israel's Campaigns in Lebanon?

What can we Learn about Ukraine’s Future from Israel’s Campaigns in Lebanon?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I’ve been thinking about what the Russian invasion and attempted occupation of Ukraine is like in recent history, and one […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
Why Putin’s claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially Absurd given its History

Why Putin’s claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially Absurd given its History

By Jeffrey Veidlinger | – Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war on Ukraine as a peacekeeping mission, a “denazification” of the country. In his […]

The Conversation

Corporations
Is the Gutting of Newspapers by Private Equity Firms the Nail in the Coffin of Democracy?

Is the Gutting of Newspapers by Private Equity Firms the Nail in the Coffin of Democracy?

Profit maximizing in the newspaper industry is corroding the knowledge base that sustains government by the people. ( Inequality.org ) – Has the unthinkable, the […]

Sam Pizzigati

Climate Crisis
UN:  Pace of Climate Change too fast for many Plant and Animal Species to Adapt

UN: Pace of Climate Change too fast for many Plant and Animal Species to Adapt

Shifting seasons, intensifying wildfires and noise pollution are flagged as increasingly urgent environmental issues in a bleak report by the UN Environment Programme. ( China […]

China Dialogue

Donald Trump
The Republican Party Persecuted US Leftists for tilting to Moscow but Makes Excuses for Putin-Loving Trump

The Republican Party Persecuted US Leftists for tilting to Moscow but Makes Excuses for Putin-Loving Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s fawning admiration of Vladimir Putin is well known, but it has often been brushed off as a quirk. We […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Why Putin's War against Ukraine is Illegal in International Law

Why Putin’s War against Ukraine is Illegal in International Law

By Hurst Hannum | – Both international law and the United Nations Charter say that countries should not invade each other. But who has the […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Scorching the Earth:  When Big Oil and Gas Flare, the Methane traps 80x as Much Heat as C02

Scorching the Earth: When Big Oil and Gas Flare, the Methane traps 80x as Much Heat as C02

By Nicole Sadek, Zoha Tunio and Sarah Hunt | Howard Center for Investigative Journalism< When companies flare, they do more than burn natural gas. They […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Climate Crisis
Climate-related damage to German forests ‘unprecedented’: German Aerospace Center

Climate-related damage to German forests ‘unprecedented’: German Aerospace Center

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have for the first time determined how […]

Clean Energy Wire

Bush
How Bush's Iraq Fiasco ruined US Credibility and Enabled Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

How Bush’s Iraq Fiasco ruined US Credibility and Enabled Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush issued a statement about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It went like this: DALLAS, TEXAS – “Russia’s […]

Juan Cole

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