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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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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Someday, the coronavirus tragedy will be gone, wiped out by scientific vaccines. And Donald Trump will be just an unpleasant memory, an absurd reminder of […]

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China grows nearly 5%; Will historians look back at Trump's disastrous Pandemic Response as the Moment Beijing Overtook the US?

China grows nearly 5%; Will historians look back at Trump’s disastrous Pandemic Response as the Moment Beijing Overtook the US?

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With UN Embargo on Arms Sales to Iran Lapsing, Will Russia take on US to reap Bonanza?

With UN Embargo on Arms Sales to Iran Lapsing, Will Russia take on US to reap Bonanza?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – As of today, the 2007 UN Security Council embargo on conventional arms shipments to Iran expired. At least from […]

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Trump's Body Count in Historical Perspective: Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths on his Hands

Trump’s Body Count in Historical Perspective: Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths on his Hands

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Can America escape the cave of Trump’s Quirky Isolationism?

Can America escape the cave of Trump’s Quirky Isolationism?

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Dear Sen. Perdue:  Kamala is the name of Great Americans

Dear Sen. Perdue: Kamala is the name of Great Americans

Senator David Perdue, at a rally in Macon, Ga., for Donald Trump, made fun of Kamala Harris’s name. He pretended not to know which syllable […]

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Armenia
Trying To Be Neutral: Iran Worried Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Could Turn Into Wider War

Trying To Be Neutral: Iran Worried Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Could Turn Into Wider War

(RFE/RL ) – Sharing a frontier with both Armenia and Azerbaijan as they fight a bitter war over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh territory, Tehran is closely […]

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Fearing Rout, Republicans unleash their Inner Racist

Fearing Rout, Republicans unleash their Inner Racist

( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re a rich Republican who’s done nothing in the House of Representatives for so long that you’re essentially seen as […]

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Is Turkey spying on Dissidents in the West?

Is Turkey spying on Dissidents in the West?

By Mehmet Bastug and Davut Akca | – Turkey’s long arm and espionage activities against dissidents living in exile in Canada has become a growing […]

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