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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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Is the flood of War Atrocity Video Coarsening our Souls?

Is the flood of War Atrocity Video Coarsening our Souls?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Recently, I wanted to show my wife a picture, so I opened the photos app on my phone and promptly panicked […]

Nick Turse

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Another Tinderbox: 1,500 Palestinians in Silwan, East Jerusalem, under threat of Expulsion from Homes by Israeli Authorities

Another Tinderbox: 1,500 Palestinians in Silwan, East Jerusalem, under threat of Expulsion from Homes by Israeli Authorities

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Watan reports that the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality on Tuesday issued a letter to 13 families in Silwan near the Old […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Did Palestinians help Bring down Israel's Netanyahu, who ensured their Statelessness?

Did Palestinians help Bring down Israel’s Netanyahu, who ensured their Statelessness?

( Middle East Monitor) – How has Benjamin Netanyahu managed to serve as Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister? With a total of 15 years in office, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Islam
Muslim family killed in truck terror attack: Islamophobic violence surfaces once again in North America

Muslim family killed in truck terror attack: Islamophobic violence surfaces once again in North America

By Jasmin Zine | – A Pakistani-Canadian family out on a stroll on a warm weekend evening was murdered in a horrific act of Islamophobic […]

The Conversation

Inequality
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

By Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel | – The Secret IRS Files ( ProPublica) – Inside the Tax Records of the .001% In […]

ProPublica

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Netanyahu's Poison Pill:  Militant Squatter-Settler March through Palestinian E Jerusalem set for Tuesday after New Israeli Gov't is Installed

Netanyahu’s Poison Pill: Militant Squatter-Settler March through Palestinian E Jerusalem set for Tuesday after New Israeli Gov’t is Installed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At the insistence of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli cabinet authorized the so-called “Flag Day” march of […]

Juan Cole

Elections
With Little Hope for Change through the Ballot Box, Iranian Civil Society Debates Strategy

With Little Hope for Change through the Ballot Box, Iranian Civil Society Debates Strategy

By Tara Sepehri Far | Iran Researcher | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Twenty days before Iran’s presidential election, the Guardian Council, which vets […]

Human Rights Watch

Australia
Tasmania Reached 100% Net Carbon Zero; now it is going for 200%

Tasmania Reached 100% Net Carbon Zero; now it is going for 200%

By Rupert Posner and Simon Graham | – Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy might seem the end game for climate […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Twilight of the Pandemic? Bracing for a Surge of Trumpism or . . .

Twilight of the Pandemic? Bracing for a Surge of Trumpism or . . .

(Tomdispatch.com ) – I went to a birthday party recently. The celebrants greeted each other with hugs on the patio. After an outdoor barbeque dinner, […]

John Feffer

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