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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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France's Macron declares Europe's independence of Trump, stands by Iran Nuclear Deal

France’s Macron declares Europe’s independence of Trump, stands by Iran Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron declared independence of the United States and of China for Europe at the UN General Assembly […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Right raises $400K for Israeli Settler convicted of Burning up Palestinian Family, Toddler

Israeli Right raises $400K for Israeli Settler convicted of Burning up Palestinian Family, Toddler

By Robert Andrews | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Deep-rooted anti-Palestinian racism is endemic across large segments of Israeli society. This was demonstrated […]

Middle East Monitor

Far Right
How a GOP 6-3 Court will Set Individual and Privacy Rights back 50 Years

How a GOP 6-3 Court will Set Individual and Privacy Rights back 50 Years

By Morgan Marietta | – If the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is replaced this year, the Supreme Court will become something the country has […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
A House Divided: America's new Civil Wars

A House Divided: America’s new Civil Wars

By Andrea Mazzarino | – When it rains, pieces of glass, pottery, and metal rise through the mud in the hills surrounding my Maryland home. […]

Tomdispatch

Corruption
Every Day is Memorial Day: The Trump Virus has killed as Many Americans as Died in Combat in the 4 Years of the Civil War

Every Day is Memorial Day: The Trump Virus has killed as Many Americans as Died in Combat in the 4 Years of the Civil War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has helped kill 200,000 Americans. The US has 4% of the world’s population but about 21% of its deaths. […]

Juan Cole

Banking
ODNI Blamed Syrian Banks, but Did the West's Deutsche Bank Facilitate ISIL Finances in Mosul?

ODNI Blamed Syrian Banks, but Did the West’s Deutsche Bank Facilitate ISIL Finances in Mosul?

By Hala Nouhad Nasreddine | – ( Middle East Monitor) The Islamic State’s infamous rule over vast areas of Iraq during 2014 and 2016 not […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Trumpnado in the West: Fire and Fury Like the World Has Never Seen

Climate Trumpnado in the West: Fire and Fury Like the World Has Never Seen

( Tomdispatch.com) – It was August 2017 and Donald Trump had not yet warmed up to Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s portly dictator. In fact, in […]

Tom Engelhardt

Archaeology
Prehistoric Arabia Felix: As Humans exited Africa 120K years ago, they headed into Green Nefud

Prehistoric Arabia Felix: As Humans exited Africa 120K years ago, they headed into Green Nefud

By Richard Clark-Wilson | – Humanity originated on the African continent at least 300,000 years ago. We know from fossil evidence in southern Greece and […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
No, Iran is not near having a Nuke:  Trump source tries Iraq Big Lie Playbook on Reuters, The Independent

No, Iran is not near having a Nuke: Trump source tries Iraq Big Lie Playbook on Reuters, The Independent

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration is running the same scam on the public that George W. Bush & Co. ran on Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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