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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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The Real Losers on Super Tuesday: Urgent Climate Action, Medicare for All, Anti-Plutocracy

The Real Losers on Super Tuesday: Urgent Climate Action, Medicare for All, Anti-Plutocracy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Primaries can be long drawn-out affairs. The Obama-Clinton struggle of spring-summer 2008 went down to the wire, still being contested […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Without the Right of Citizenship in a State, Palestinians are Doomed To Poverty and Unsustainability

Without the Right of Citizenship in a State, Palestinians are Doomed To Poverty and Unsustainability

(Middle East Monitor) – The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) remains in perpetual financial crisis. Spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna has warned […]

Ramona Wadi

Corruption
Can't we All get a Presidential Pardon from Life Imprisonment in the Trump Penal Colony?

Can’t we All get a Presidential Pardon from Life Imprisonment in the Trump Penal Colony?

(Tomdispatch.com) – Here’s the truth of it: I’d like a presidential pardon. Really, I would. And I think I deserve it more than Michael Milken […]

Tom Engelhardt

Afghanistan
Will Trump outreach to Taliban really bring Peace, or is this another Cheap Election-Year Stunt?

Will Trump outreach to Taliban really bring Peace, or is this another Cheap Election-Year Stunt?

By Niamatullah Ibrahimi | – The US has signed an historic agreement with the Taliban that sets Washington and its NATO allies on a path […]

The Conversation

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"The Triumph of Apartheid:" Did the Trump/Kushner Plan help Israel's Netanyahu return to Power?

“The Triumph of Apartheid:” Did the Trump/Kushner Plan help Israel’s Netanyahu return to Power?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Three Israeli television news channels’ exit polls suggest that indicted prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s far-right racist Likud Party fell just […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
The Corporate Democrats' Biden Obsession

The Corporate Democrats’ Biden Obsession

Notre Dame, IN (Special to Informed Comment) – The Establishment wing of the Democratic Party is so worried about the possibility of a Sanders victory […]

Tarek R. Dika

Pentagon
Assad and Putin have Waged Total Air War on Idlib's Civilians, Learning from US Bombing of Iraq

Assad and Putin have Waged Total Air War on Idlib’s Civilians, Learning from US Bombing of Iraq

Paul Rogers | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – The tactics of Syrian and Russian forces are unforgiveable – but scarcely different to what the US and […]

Open Democracy

Displaced and Refugees
Top 5 Ways Syria is the Worst Humanitarian Crisis of the 21st Century

Top 5 Ways Syria is the Worst Humanitarian Crisis of the 21st Century

By Shelley Inglis | – Remember former President Barack Obama’s infamous red line speech in 2012? In that speech, the president made it clear that […]

The Conversation

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Russia backs Damascus as it closes Syrian Airspace, Threatens to down Turkish Jets

Russia backs Damascus as it closes Syrian Airspace, Threatens to down Turkish Jets

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey shot down two Syrian fighter jets over Idlib province this weekend and Turkish drones and artillery took out armor […]

Juan Cole

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