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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Celebrating Court Ruling Striking down Trump’s $2 Billion Funding Freeze on Harvard

Celebrating Court Ruling Striking down Trump’s $2 Billion Funding Freeze on Harvard

Middle East Studies Association of North America Court rules on Harvard College v. HHS Lawsuit in Favor of Harvard The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) […]

Middle East Studies Association

Donald Trump
Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Plagues in the Making: RFK Jr. guts CDC, comes for your Children’s Health

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – With a Cabinet full of fascists, fools, drunks, and sycophants, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands out as a […]

Dan Dinello

Iran
“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

“With me along some Strip of Herbage Strown:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:10

The tenth quatrain in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues the theme of the irrelevance of political power to happiness, […]

Juan Cole

Brazil
Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

Trump threatens UN Visa Ban for Brazil over Pro-Palestine Stance

By Eman Abusidu ( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Brazil on Friday (5), labeling the South American country’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse

Trump as a Slow-Motion Apocalypse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Imagine for a moment a nuclear weapon exploding over… well, you name it: Pakistan, India or, for that matter, Ukraine, Russia, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Morocco Produces 1 gigawatt of Solar Panels Annually, as it turns to Floatovoltaics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Morocco continues to be a pioneer in renewable energy in Africa and the Arab world. The International Trade Administration notes […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica Co-published with Inside Climate News and The Texas Tribune ( ProPublica ) – Hakim Dermish […]

ProPublica

Climate Crisis
Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points

Speeding Up Climate Action: Triggering Positive Tipping Points

By Tim Lenton, University of Exeter (The Conversation) – The collapse of a major system of ocean currents, the meltdown of major ice sheets or […]

The Conversation

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Genocide Scholars:  Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Genocide Scholars: Israel is Committing a Genocide in Gaza, and we Should Know

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the last day of August, 2025, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, a scholarly body with more than 500 […]

Juan Cole

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