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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

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Dreamers Deserve a Path to Citizenship

Dreamers Deserve a Path to Citizenship

By Diana Anahi Torres-Valverde | – ( Otherwords.org ) – DACA changed my life. But after four years of fear, it’s clear that undocumented young […]

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Climate Crisis
The Caspian Sea, central to Iran & Russia, is set to fall by 9 Yards or more this century – an ecocide is imminent

The Caspian Sea, central to Iran & Russia, is set to fall by 9 Yards or more this century – an ecocide is imminent

By Frank Wesselingh and Matteo Lattuada | – Imagine you are on the coast, looking out to sea. In front of you lies 100 metres […]

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Christianity
What does the Holy Book of Islam say about the Birth of Jesus?

What does the Holy Book of Islam say about the Birth of Jesus?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | Revised. The Qur’an, the scripture Muslims believe was received by the the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632) by divine […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
An un-merry Christmas for Palestinians, as Militant Israeli Squatters attack Monastery, Church

An un-merry Christmas for Palestinians, as Militant Israeli Squatters attack Monastery, Church

This year, there will be no Christmas celebrations in Palestine because of restrictions necessary to stop the spread of COVID-19. Worse, this unusually gloomy season […]

Mohammed Samaana

Death Penalty
Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

By Isaac Arnsdorf | – (ProPublica ) – In its hurry to use its final days in power to execute federal prisoners, the administration of […]

ProPublica

Authoritarianism
From biblical times to Trump, false messiahs have doomed societies

From biblical times to Trump, false messiahs have doomed societies

By Kimberly Stratton | – The prophet Jeremiah records in excruciating detail the catastrophic events leading to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in 587 […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, Trump the Mad pardoned 4 Blackwater mercenaries who killed 14 Iraqi civilians, including a nine-year-old boy, with indiscriminate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

( Middle East Monitor ) – It is convenient to surmise that Israel’s current political crisis is consistent with the country’s unfailing trajectory of short-lived […]

Ramzy Baroud

Environmentalism
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Memona Hossain | – Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020 would […]

The Conversation

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