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Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace
Donald Trump

Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

The deal offered by the United States is simple and straight forward, submit to all American demands or be obliterated

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

02/23/2026 By The Conversation

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

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Cheap solar and wind can replace imports of expensive and possibly unreliable fossil gas as well as imports of expensive and polluting black coal

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Israel/ Palestine
What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

What is Israel planning for Palestinians in the West Bank?

The sharp and unprecedented rise in the number of Palestinians killed, wounded, detained, and imprisoned

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Cities
Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Why Futuristic “Smart Cities” Like Saudi Arabia’s Neom are Destined to Fail

Frontier smart city projects like Dunia and The Line have failed on fundamental governance issues such as legitimacy, inclusion, accountability

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When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud

When Delay becomes Killing in Gaza: Wisdom from the Talmud

Rabbinic authorities derived a broad prohibition against all forms of destruction and waste

Shamai Leibowitz

Israel/ Palestine
How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided

How the Middle Powers Cynically left Gaza to be Genocided

Their headlines tell the story of a West that is fiercely protective of its own sovereignty but indifferent to that of others

Ramzy Baroud

Dissent
‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated

‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ hasn’t faded in Iran — it’s being actively eliminated

In the event of war to bring about regime change, militarization would once again define women as those expected to endure and sacrifice first

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” Grift: Con of the Century

The whole thing is a front for Trump’s real estate development ambitions for a Gaza beachfront resort.

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

Australia’s Albanese should Raise Israeli Crimes During Herzog Visit

Herzog stated in reference to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, “it’s an entire nation out there that is responsible.

Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump
Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military: Such stuff as Nightmares are made on

U.S. warmongering is anything but new, as is a belief in global dominance through high military spending

William J. Astore

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