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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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China
Rejecting Biden pressure to distance itself from China, Emirates suspends $23 bn F-35 Deal

Rejecting Biden pressure to distance itself from China, Emirates suspends $23 bn F-35 Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Arab Emirates, the fabulously wealthy set of oil states at the head of the Gulf, has frozen its […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why does the US turn a blind eye to Israel's expansion of Squatter-Settlements on Palestinian Land?

Why does the US turn a blind eye to Israel’s expansion of Squatter-Settlements on Palestinian Land?

( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli media have been pointing out that the Biden administration in Washington is not too bothered about the occupation state’s […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Alarming Loss of Sea Ice diminishes the Arctic’s ability to cool the Global Climate

Alarming Loss of Sea Ice diminishes the Arctic’s ability to cool the Global Climate

By Matthew Druckenmiller, Rick Thoman, and Twila Moon | – The Arctic has long been portrayed as a distant end-of-the-Earth place, disconnected from everyday common […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
A Tour Guide to Hell on Earth, Small Town-Style:  Climate Change, Up Close and Personal

A Tour Guide to Hell on Earth, Small Town-Style: Climate Change, Up Close and Personal

By Jane Braxton Little | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Half a mile south of what’s left of the old Gold Rush-era town of Greenville, […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Cheney outs Hypocritical Fox Anchors who Texted Trump Hysterically to Halt Insurrection they later Denied

Cheney outs Hypocritical Fox Anchors who Texted Trump Hysterically to Halt Insurrection they later Denied

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The January 6 Committee of the House of Representatives voted last night to hold former White House chief of staff […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government

The Jan. 6 Insurrection was no Fluke; the Republican Party Platform is now the overthrow of the US Government

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party was once an honorable organization. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, its platform included protection […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving

Afghanistan: heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving

By Jonathan Goodhand and Jan Koehler | – In the frontier town of Zaranj on Afghanistan’s border with Iran, young men jostle one another as […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Arctic Ocean started getting warmer Decades earlier than we Thought

Arctic Ocean started getting warmer Decades earlier than we Thought

By Sarah Collins | – The Arctic Ocean has been getting warmer since the beginning of the 20th century – decades earlier than records suggest […]

University of Cambridge Research

Climate Crisis
As last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?

As last Coal Chimney Falls, Will Green Energy Issue in Scotland Break up the United Kingdom?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party, pushed the button last week that brought down the country’s […]

Juan Cole

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