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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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For Insights into Michigan's Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole's Short, "Small Arms" (4 mn Views)

For Insights into Michigan’s Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole’s Short, “Small Arms” (4 mn Views)

Arman Cole is a director and graduate of the University of Southern California film school. His dramatic short film, Small Arms stars Tyler Young and […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Kamala Harris's best Zingers and Pence's worst Lies

Kamala Harris’s best Zingers and Pence’s worst Lies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pence-Harris debate was what disagreements among normal people might look like, as opposed to the weird behavior of Trump […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

By Jaber Suleiman | – (Al-Shabaka) – The disastrous explosion that struck Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, greatly exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 […]

Al-Shabaka

China
Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by  China-Iran Deal?

Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by China-Iran Deal?

Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no secret that despite international sanctions, Iran is known for leaving Western powers […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House

When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House

By Monti Datta | – America’s national security officials are on alert and global markets shook – at least briefly – following the announcement that […]

The Conversation

Cults
Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19

Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last summer, the mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg, ordered all schools closed until September 7 as a mitigation measure […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
The Catastrophic Saudi War in Yemen heads for more Disasters, for Yemenis

The Catastrophic Saudi War in Yemen heads for more Disasters, for Yemenis

By Yaseen Tamimi | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The commander of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen, Aidarus Al-Zoubaidi, appeared last month in […]

Middle East Monitor

Canada
Free at Last! How my Electric Car let me Escape the clutches of Big Carbon and Mideast Oil Dictatorships

Free at Last! How my Electric Car let me Escape the clutches of Big Carbon and Mideast Oil Dictatorships

Montreal (Special to Informed Comment) – As someone who regularly teaches courses on both Middle Eastern and environmental subjects, I have long been keenly aware […]

Richard Foltz

Authoritarianism
Surviving the long Trump Pandemic+ or, 210,000 didn’t Have to Die

Surviving the long Trump Pandemic+ or, 210,000 didn’t Have to Die

(Tomdispatch.com ) – After all these months and 210,000 deaths, you’d think I’d be used to it all, but I’m not. It doesn’t seem even […]

Frida Berrigan

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