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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Pilot: Destroying Gaza Civilian Apt. Buildings "was a way to vent the army's frustration"

Israeli Pilot: Destroying Gaza Civilian Apt. Buildings “was a way to vent the army’s frustration”

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – After 11 days of Israeli bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
In Revolution, Shareholders vote Climate Activist Hedge Funders onto Board of ExxonMobil

In Revolution, Shareholders vote Climate Activist Hedge Funders onto Board of ExxonMobil

By Mark DesJardine and Tima Bansal | – One of the most expensive Wall Street shareholder battles on record could signal a big shift in […]

The Conversation

nuclear weapons
A small GOP-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Coalition is waging a frightening campaign for nuclear rearmament

A small GOP-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Coalition is waging a frightening campaign for nuclear rearmament

(Responsible Statecraft) – Democrats might control the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government right now, but a small Republican-dominated Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) […]

Medea Benjamin Marcy Winograd

Climate Crisis
"This will Change the World:" Dutch Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 by 45% by 2030

“This will Change the World:” Dutch Court orders Shell to reduce CO2 by 45% by 2030

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a historic ruling, a tribunal in the Netherlands has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must reduce its and its […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
They’re Not Conservatives, They’re Extremists

They’re Not Conservatives, They’re Extremists

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party “conservative,” the mainstream media gives them a veneer of […]

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Despite massive losses, the Palestinians have altered the course of history

Despite massive losses, the Palestinians have altered the course of history

( Middle East Monitor) – The “Palestinian Revolt of 2021” will go down in history as one of the most influential events to have shaped […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel’s violence is enacted through discriminatory land-use policies

How Israel’s violence is enacted through discriminatory land-use policies

By Irit Katz and Haim Yacobi | – On May 21, a ceasefire was agreed to between Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, putting an end […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
A Year Later:  Are Palestinians like George Floyd?

A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – May 26 was the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police, and President Biden had the […]

Juan Cole

Elections
Iran:  The Election Trump did succeed in Spoiling

Iran: The Election Trump did succeed in Spoiling

Oxford, U.K (Special to Informed Comment) – Although Iran is one of the few countries in the Middle East that has regular presidential, parliamentary and […]

Farhang Jahanpour

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