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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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Amid the Covid-19 Recession, you can't Afford the Bloated Pentagon Budget but Corporations Can

Amid the Covid-19 Recession, you can’t Afford the Bloated Pentagon Budget but Corporations Can

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Imagine that as a member of Congress you are a strong advocate of urban public transit facilities. […]

John Buell

Islam
Islam's anti-racist message from the 7th century still resonates today

Islam’s anti-racist message from the 7th century still resonates today

By Asma Afsaruddin | – One day, in Mecca, the Prophet Muhammad dropped a bombshell on his followers: He told them that all people are […]

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Was February '20 Peak Oil Demand?  Petroleum might never Recover From Covid-19 and EVs

Was February ’20 Peak Oil Demand? Petroleum might never Recover From Covid-19 and EVs

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julien Mieville at AFP asks the big question: Has global demand for petroleum peaked? The meme of “peak oil” once […]

Juan Cole

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As ‘annexation’ looms, let’s expand our compassion to include Palestinians

As ‘annexation’ looms, let’s expand our compassion to include Palestinians

By David Hart | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – For decades, Israel has used talk of peace as a cover for expansion of an […]

Waging Nonviolence

Germany
Over Half of Germany’s Power Use in 1st Half of 2020 was from Wind and Solar, as Coal Sank

Over Half of Germany’s Power Use in 1st Half of 2020 was from Wind and Solar, as Coal Sank

By Julian Wettengel | – Renewables covered more than half of Germany’s power consumption in the first six months of 2020, according to a first […]

Clean Energy Wire

African-Americans
How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans

How racism in US health system hinders care and costs lives of African Americans

By Tamika C.B. Zapolski | – As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still […]

The Conversation

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When will Palestine have its Declaration of Independence?

When will Palestine have its Declaration of Independence?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Americans’ commemoration of the Fourth of July in 2020 was often a bit subdued, depending on where in the country […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is More Conflict What the Mideast Needs?  Israel's Dangerous Plan to Annex 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

Is More Conflict What the Mideast Needs? Israel’s Dangerous Plan to Annex 1/3 of Palestinian West Bank

By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor.) – As expected, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed Israel’s annexation plan… on the pretext of finishing […]

Middle East Monitor

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The Corporations that are Swinging behind Green Energy may make all the Difference in  Climate Emergency

The Corporations that are Swinging behind Green Energy may make all the Difference in Climate Emergency

By Zdravka Tzankova | – The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea My new analysis of companies that […]

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