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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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Authoritarianism
How Trump's Authoritarian Playbook will Turn America into a Banana Republic

How Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook will Turn America into a Banana Republic

By Lena Surzhko Harned and Luis Jimenez | – Six weeks after the U.S. election, President Donald Trump had still not accepted defeat. This behavior […]

The Conversation

Christians
How did Washington State get sensible Sex Education Passed?  The Religious Right is Collapsing

How did Washington State get sensible Sex Education Passed? The Religious Right is Collapsing

Here’s a dramatic example of the growing power of Americans who say their religion is “none”: Last spring, progressives in the Washington state legislature, backed […]

James A. Haught

Afghanistan
It’s almost 20 Years since 9/11; Can we finally End our Constant, Disastrous Wars?

It’s almost 20 Years since 9/11; Can we finally End our Constant, Disastrous Wars?

( Tomdispatch.com) – It was the end of October 2001. Two friends, Max Elbaum and Bob Wing, had just dropped by. (Yes, children, believe it […]

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Crisis
Solar just made Banks write off a $1 bn. Australian Coal Plant as Worthless; What's in Your Retirement Portfolio?

Solar just made Banks write off a $1 bn. Australian Coal Plant as Worthless; What’s in Your Retirement Portfolio?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Daniel Mercer at the Australian Broadcasting Company reports that the newest coal-fired power plant in the country, the 10-year-old, nearly […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Saudi: Terrorism Court Rushes Activist’s Unfair Trial; Charges Relate Solely to Peaceful Women’s Rights Activism

Saudi: Terrorism Court Rushes Activist’s Unfair Trial; Charges Relate Solely to Peaceful Women’s Rights Activism

( Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Saudi authorities are rushing through the closed trial of the prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, Human Rights […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s isolation of Palestinian Child Detainees amounts to Torture:  Defence for Children In’tl

Israel’s isolation of Palestinian Child Detainees amounts to Torture: Defence for Children In’tl

( Middle East Monitor) – . . . A a new report by Defence for Children International – Palestine provides detailed new evidence in exhaustive […]

Asa Winstanley

Employment
Mitch McConnell Wants to Let Corporations Kill You

Mitch McConnell Wants to Let Corporations Kill You

( Otherwords.org ) – The Senate GOP leader’s refusal to pass COVID-19 aid without corporate immunity should be the scandal of the year. By Thom […]

Thom Hartmann

Batteries
Greening America:  Can Biden's new Team of Buttigieg and Granholm save us from the Climate Crisis?

Greening America: Can Biden’s new Team of Buttigieg and Granholm save us from the Climate Crisis?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Washington Post is reporting that Joe Biden will make Pete Buttigieg his secretary of transportation and Jennifer Granholm his […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli infrastructure projects aid the de facto annexation of Palestinian land

Israeli infrastructure projects aid the de facto annexation of Palestinian land

( Middle East Monitor ) – If we were to listen only to the international community’s rhetoric about the impending Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory, […]

Ramona Wadi

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