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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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Afghanistan
Biden got 117,000 Afghans Out: Contrast that Time Trump Abruptly Withdrew Troops from Syria and refused to Help Kurdish Allies

Biden got 117,000 Afghans Out: Contrast that Time Trump Abruptly Withdrew Troops from Syria and refused to Help Kurdish Allies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Richard N. Ojeda, an Army vet and former West Virginia state representative tweeted out an observation that I would like […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Are Coal Plants even Legal, given dire Climate Impact?  German Court rules Planners Must Consider Alternatives

Are Coal Plants even Legal, given dire Climate Impact? German Court rules Planners Must Consider Alternatives

German court rules against coal-fired Datteln 4 plant

Clean Energy Wire

Afghanistan
Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have always faced male violence

Afghan women’s lives are now in danger from the Taliban – but they have always faced male violence

By Jenevieve Mannell | – The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has undoubtedly put women’s lives in danger and threatened their human rights in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Naftali Bennett once led Effort to insert Israeli Propaganda into Wikipedia, now He’s Trying to Influence US Foreign Policy

Naftali Bennett once led Effort to insert Israeli Propaganda into Wikipedia, now He’s Trying to Influence US Foreign Policy

( Middle East Monitor) – Online Palestinian outlet Quds News Network resurfaced a video clip this week from over a decade ago featuring current Israeli […]

Asa Winstanley

Bush
Top 4 Times US Troops were Bombed under Republican Presidents and No one Resigned or was Impeached

Top 4 Times US Troops were Bombed under Republican Presidents and No one Resigned or was Impeached

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The silly season has descended permanently on Washington, D.C., so that minor congressmen are calling for the resignation or even […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me:’  Many Unable to Flee Afghanistan Face Grave Risks

‘The Taliban Are Looking for Me:’ Many Unable to Flee Afghanistan Face Grave Risks

Patricia Gossman | Associate Asia Director | – Human Rights Watch – Thursday’s bombing at Kabul’s international airport has drastically curtailed evacuation flights for at-risk […]

Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next

The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next

By Ali A. Olomi | – The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban left many surprised. To Ali Olomi, a historian of the Middle […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Bennett's "Natural Growth" Rhetoric can't conceal Israel's colonial Land Grab

Bennett’s “Natural Growth” Rhetoric can’t conceal Israel’s colonial Land Grab

( Middle East Monitor) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is playing with words to advance the colonial state’s de-facto annexation of the occupied West […]

Ramona Wadi

Afghanistan
US Troops caught up in ISIL-K - Taliban Civil War: Why it Proves Biden was Right to Leave

US Troops caught up in ISIL-K – Taliban Civil War: Why it Proves Biden was Right to Leave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera Arabic reports that ISIL-K (the so-called “Islamic state group” of Iraq and the Levant in Khorasan) claimed responsibility […]

Juan Cole

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