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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves
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France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. […]

“Look to the Rose:”  Edward FitzGerald’s  Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

“Look to the Rose:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:13

09/16/2025 By Juan Cole

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

52 Ways to Combat Malignant Hatred of Muslims

09/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on […]

The Conversation

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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Omar Khayyam
“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

The sixth quatrain of Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám continues with its celebration of wine-drinking in the morning. It connects ancient Iran’s language of […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Trump, his cabinet, and those who have profited from his rise seem to revel in public displays of cruelty. Take […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Israel/ Palestine
Don’t Blame Israel for Violating Jewish Ethics

Don’t Blame Israel for Violating Jewish Ethics

( Times of Israel ) – Many people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, blame Israel for violating Jewish ethics. More erudite critics quote the Hebrew Bible, […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Democratic Party
Dem Leaders Are Pretending that U.S. Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza

Dem Leaders Are Pretending that U.S. Weapons Don’t Enable the Slaughter in Gaza

San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]

Norman Solomon

Climate Crisis
Iran’s Water Crisis Opens A New Front With Israel

Iran’s Water Crisis Opens A New Front With Israel

( RFE/ RL ) – Amid soaring temperatures, power blackouts, and widespread water rationing, Pezeshkian painted a grim picture of the nation’s water woes. He […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Environment
‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental Action across the World

‘Green Islam’: how Muslims are powering environmental Action across the World

By Eva F Nisa, Australian National University and Faried F Saenong, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII) (The Conversation) – As the world grapples with myriad […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

When even Saudi Arabia Jumps into Solar and Wind Power, You know Change is Here

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia’s massive oil deposits and its 9.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum production make it an enormous […]

Juan Cole

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