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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

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How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

By Andrew Latham | – Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in or accelerated – […]

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Displaced and Refugees
The Apartheid Pandemic:  As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have-- Will wait Months

The Apartheid Pandemic: As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have– Will wait Months

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some ten percent of Israelis have already been given the coronavirus shot, showing what an efficient government can do for […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the enduring images of 2020, the year of the pandemic, has […]

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Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley and Jianfeng Feng | – There’s no doubt that 2020 was difficult for everyone and tragic for many. But […]

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Climate Crisis
German Researchers develop battery pack for electric cars that is 40% Lighter

German Researchers develop battery pack for electric cars that is 40% Lighter

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) have developed a […]

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Thanks to our Generous and Wonderful Readers

Thanks to our Generous and Wonderful Readers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We’re pretty sure that when all is said and done, we made our fundraising goal again this year. We can’t […]

Juan Cole

Books
New Year Bliss in Persian Poetry:  the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

New Year Bliss in Persian Poetry: the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – After the dark year of 2020, I thought it might be nice to talk about poetry and rebirth today. The […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
In Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestinian territories: Refugee camps contain the hidden victims of Covid-19

In Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestinian territories: Refugee camps contain the hidden victims of Covid-19

( Middle East Monitor) – With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in late 2019, interest in the plight of the world’s most vulnerable populations, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
5 years after the Paris Accord: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions

5 years after the Paris Accord: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions

By Morgan Bazilian and Dolf Gielen | – December marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement – the commitment by almost every country […]

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