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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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Islamophobia
How Islamophobia drove the Reception of the poorly fact-checked 'Caliphate' Broadcast

How Islamophobia drove the Reception of the poorly fact-checked ‘Caliphate’ Broadcast

By Fahad Ahmad | – On Sept. 25, the RCMP arrested Shehroze Chaudhry, a Muslim man, for allegedly fabricating his affiliation with the Islamic State […]

The Conversation

Tunisia
Will Tunisia, the only Success of the Arab Spring, be Ruined by a Police Protection Bill?

Will Tunisia, the only Success of the Arab Spring, be Ruined by a Police Protection Bill?

By Rima Sghaier | – ( Global Voices ) – As the Tunisian parliament considers a controversial police protection bill, protests erupted in the city […]

Global Voices

censorship
Khashoggi's Ghost: World Resoundingly rejects Saudi membership on UN Human Rights Council

Khashoggi’s Ghost: World Resoundingly rejects Saudi membership on UN Human Rights Council

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sulayman Hajj Ibrahim writes in the London pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-`Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] that Saudi Arabia’s bid to join the […]

Juan Cole

Campaign Finance
Election 2020 sees record $11 billion in campaign spending, mostly from a handful of super-rich donors

Election 2020 sees record $11 billion in campaign spending, mostly from a handful of super-rich donors

By Richard Briffault | – Total spending in the 2020 federal elections is projected to set a new record of almost US$11 billion by November. […]

The Conversation

Arms Sales
Trump’s Art of the Arms Deal:  Filling up the Volatile Middle East with High-Tech Weapons

Trump’s Art of the Arms Deal: Filling up the Volatile Middle East with High-Tech Weapons

( Tomdispatch.com) – The United States has the dubious distinction of being the world’s leading arms dealer. It dominates the global trade in a historic […]

William D. Hartung

Saudi Arabia
Saudis now Boycott, Oppose Turkey, but once Sought its Security Umbrella: Clinton Files

Saudis now Boycott, Oppose Turkey, but once Sought its Security Umbrella: Clinton Files

By Daud Abdullah | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – This is one of the uncomfortable questions raised by the newly declassified Clinton files. […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Stunning Doubling of Severe Natural disasters in past 20 Years, many driven by Climate Emergency

Stunning Doubling of Severe Natural disasters in past 20 Years, many driven by Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction issued a report today concluding that natural disasters caused by the human […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Plot to kidnap Michigan's governor grew from the militia movement's toxic mix of constitutional falsehoods and half-truths

Plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor grew from the militia movement’s toxic mix of constitutional falsehoods and half-truths

By John E. Finn | – The U.S. militia movement has long been steeped in a peculiar – and unquestionably mistaken – interpretation of the […]

The Conversation

Health Care
Can Trump's Plan to Steal your Social Security, Medicare be Stopped?

Can Trump’s Plan to Steal your Social Security, Medicare be Stopped?

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans promoting the backlash against the federal government […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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