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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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November 11 Armistice Day: Honor Peace Day

November 11 Armistice Day: Honor Peace Day

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – The first Armistice Day was a celebration of the moment – the 11th hour of the 11th day […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
"The Israeli settlements are a presumptive war crime under the Rome Statute:" Will the UN listen to its own Rapporteurs?

“The Israeli settlements are a presumptive war crime under the Rome Statute:” Will the UN listen to its own Rapporteurs?

( Middle East Monitor) – “The Israeli settlements are a presumptive war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and should be […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

Oil and Gas Corporations are waging a Climate Disinformation Campaign on Twitter during COP26

By Jill Hopke | – When oil and gas companies took to Twitter during the first half of the U.N.’s Glasgow climate conference, they often […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Paul Gosar's Fantasy of War Rape against AOC is Frustration that the Impotent Capitol Insurrection Failed

Paul Gosar’s Fantasy of War Rape against AOC is Frustration that the Impotent Capitol Insurrection Failed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Arizona Congressman, dentist, and inveterate nutcase Paul Gosar posted to Twitter a photoshopped Anime video showing himself as a cartoon […]

Juan Cole

Death Penalty
Letter to President Biden on Failures of Administration's Human Rights Policy Toward the Middle East

Letter to President Biden on Failures of Administration’s Human Rights Policy Toward the Middle East

By Kenneth Roth | Executive Director | – President Joseph R. Biden 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 RE: US Policy Toward the Middle […]

Human Rights Watch

Pentagon
Can the Runaway Pentagon Budget ever be Reined in?

Can the Runaway Pentagon Budget ever be Reined in?

By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung | – Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
COP26: how the world’s Militaries hide their huge Carbon Emissions

COP26: how the world’s Militaries hide their huge Carbon Emissions

By Doug Weir, Benjamin Neimark, and Oliver Belcher | – Climate change leadership requires more than stirring speeches. It means facing up to hard truths. […]

The Conversation

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"A Cruel, Ingenious Cage:"  Israel's Panopticon for Palestinians archives the Bodies of the Occupied

“A Cruel, Ingenious Cage:” Israel’s Panopticon for Palestinians archives the Bodies of the Occupied

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Two breathtaking reports out on Monday underlined the vast and unprecedented Israeli electronic surveillance of an entire population — the […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Are Putin and Lukashenko trying to Divide Europe by sending over Iraqi, other Muslim Refugees?

Are Putin and Lukashenko trying to Divide Europe by sending over Iraqi, other Muslim Refugees?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Thousands of migrants from Iraq, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries, are attempting to breach a razor wire fence […]

Nikola Mikovic

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