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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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Books
Top 5 Books on Islam – Juan Cole’s list at Shepherd

Top 5 Books on Islam – Juan Cole’s list at Shepherd

The new book website Shepherd asked me for a list of what I thought were the best five books on Islam for a general audience. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected?

Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Anna Shiryaevskaya, Stephen Stapczynski and Ann Koh at Bloomberg.org report that natural gas prices have risen 1,000 percent in Europe […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Is Tunisia's president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?

Is Tunisia’s president largely responsible for the disaster he says he is trying to fix with his Coup?

By Adnan Hmidan | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The constitutionally-limited role of the president of the republic in Tunisia doesn’t encourage involvement […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns

3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns

By Bart Johnson and David Hulse | – A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, […]

The Conversation

Children
America’s Child Soldiers:  JROTC and the Militarizing of America

America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America

By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
Why does he Hate our Freedoms? White Nationalist Extremist Tucker Carlson touts Orban's Hungarian Fascism as better than America

Why does he Hate our Freedoms? White Nationalist Extremist Tucker Carlson touts Orban’s Hungarian Fascism as better than America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Extreme white nationalist Tucker Carlson took his Fox Cable “News” show on the road to extreme white nationalist Hungary this […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As Palestinian high school students celebrate their success in the Tawjihi exams and plan for […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them

A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them

By David Karoly | – On Monday, an extremely important report on the physical science of climate change will be released to the world. Produced […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany's solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

Germany’s solar PV expansion soars by over 20%, but incoming Government will need to do more

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The construction of new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Germany has grown by 22 percent […]

Clean Energy Wire

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