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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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Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world

Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world

By Amir Al-Azraki | – Black Arabs are underrepresented and largely invisible in “white” Arab-dominated countries, and excluded from political, academic, artistic and religious institutions. […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

By Sonali Kolhatkar | – ( Otherwords.org ) – A decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst […]

Sonali Kolhatkar

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Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel's Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition

Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel’s Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghribi of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel's politics and government

Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel’s politics and government

By Morad Elsana | – The next government is not going to be a typical one for the citizens of the state of Israel, and […]

The Conversation

Arab World
Biden wants to end America’s 20-Year War on the Middle East:  But Can He?

Biden wants to end America’s 20-Year War on the Middle East: But Can He?

By Walden Bello | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Next September, when the last C-130 cargo aircraft and Chinook transport helicopters take […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions

German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions

By Edgar Meza | – Die Welt ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Israeli Security Forces won't Vaccinate Occupied Palestinians, Ban Palestinian Health Worker Committees that Do

Israeli Security Forces won’t Vaccinate Occupied Palestinians, Ban Palestinian Health Worker Committees that Do

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International complains that, on the morning of June 9, Israeli forces invaded the headquarters in Ramallah of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Internet
How TikTok Videos are exposing Israeli repression of Palestinian Dissent

How TikTok Videos are exposing Israeli repression of Palestinian Dissent

By Shahira Tarrash and Craig Brown | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – On the weekend of May 8, TikTok was awash with videos from East […]

Waging Nonviolence

Elections
Why Iranians won’t vote: new survey reveals massive political disenchantment

Why Iranians won’t vote: new survey reveals massive political disenchantment

By Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki | – The Islamic Republic of Iran has never organised free and fair elections since its establishment in […]

The Conversation

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