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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Why ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in Restorative Justice needed by our Vindictive Politics

Why ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in Restorative Justice needed by our Vindictive Politics

Raven Yamamoto | – This article contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” ( Waging Nonviolence) – I went into “Spider-Man: No Way Home” thinking […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
New Leftist President of Chile is an ardent supporter of Palestinian Rights

New Leftist President of Chile is an ardent supporter of Palestinian Rights

( Middle East Monitor ) – In Chile, where the largest population of Palestinians in Latin America resides, the Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won […]

Middle East Monitor

Children
How Affordable Child Care will turbocharge the US Economy

How Affordable Child Care will turbocharge the US Economy

By Mary C. King | – Child care is one of the biggest expenses many families face — in much of the country, it can […]

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Employment
Top 3 Pieces of Good News in 2021 - Because Optimists are the Problem Solvers

Top 3 Pieces of Good News in 2021 – Because Optimists are the Problem Solvers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – News corporations think good news does not sell, which is why you see so little of it on television or […]

Juan Cole

China
Is China challenging the U.S. in the Gulf?  Beijing aids Saudi Arabia's Ballistic Missil Program

Is China challenging the U.S. in the Gulf? Beijing aids Saudi Arabia’s Ballistic Missil Program

By Necmettin Acar | ( Middle East Monitor) – Last week, US intelligence agencies shared information revealing that Saudi Arabia is developing a ballistic missile […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Top Three Ways Israeli Policies Caused the Oslo Peace Accords to Collapse - According to former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon

Top Three Ways Israeli Policies Caused the Oslo Peace Accords to Collapse – According to former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon

By Jeffrey Rudolph | – ( Detailed Political Quizzes) – Ami Ayalon, a former director of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, explains why Oslo failed […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Afghanistan
The Unbearable Double Standard of the US Press, judging Biden Harshly and Abruptly Forgetting Trump's Bizarre Antics

The Unbearable Double Standard of the US Press, judging Biden Harshly and Abruptly Forgetting Trump’s Bizarre Antics

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I am not the only analyst to see an extraordinary set of double standards applied in the US media to […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Asians, other Minorities fear Attacks because of Race, Survey finds

Asians, other Minorities fear Attacks because of Race, Survey finds

By Breanna Isbell | – ( Cronkite News ) – PHOENIX – One in four Asian households in the U.S. report fearing physical attacks and […]

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Corporate Surveillance
Saudi feminist Loujain Alhathloul Sues UAE Hackers DarkMatter, Run by US Expats, For Spying on Her

Saudi feminist Loujain Alhathloul Sues UAE Hackers DarkMatter, Run by US Expats, For Spying on Her

( Electronic Frontier Foundation) – Portland, Oregon—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit today on behalf of prominent Saudi human rights activist Loujain AlHathloul […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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