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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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Germany of All Countries Shouldn't be Running Interference for Netanyahu's War Crimes, Undermining the Int'l Criminal Court

Germany of All Countries Shouldn’t be Running Interference for Netanyahu’s War Crimes, Undermining the Int’l Criminal Court

By Iqbal Jassat | @ijassat | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Shortly after her visit to South Africa earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela […]

Middle East Monitor

Asian-Americans
‘Othered’: Coronavirus fears spur bias against Asian Americans

‘Othered’: Coronavirus fears spur bias against Asian Americans

By Hannah Foote | – LOS ANGELES (Cronkite News) – Dozens of airlines have canceled flights to China in the wake of the novel coronavirus […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Trump Supports Turkey against Putin-backed Russo-Syrian Campaign to Finish off Rebels in Idlib

Trump Supports Turkey against Putin-backed Russo-Syrian Campaign to Finish off Rebels in Idlib

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump called Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday and appeared to back Turkey against Russia and Syria with regard to […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen's looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Yemen’s looming environmental disaster as Saudi Arabia and US Pursue War on it

Risk of a catastrophic oil spill, alarming water shortages and pollution, climate change, and other environmental disasters are adding to Yemen’s suffering

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here's how

Countering climate denialism requires taking on right-wing populism. Here’s how

By Richard Calland | – History may in due course record 2019 as the year in which the penny finally dropped about the climate emergency […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Lawmakers blast Trump plan to take $3.8 billion from Pentagon Budget for Border Wall

Lawmakers blast Trump plan to take $3.8 billion from Pentagon Budget for Border Wall

By Christopher Scragg | – (Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The Trump administration plans to tap the Pentagon for another $3.8 billion in military funds […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Donald Trump
The Day Democracy Died, sung by the Founding Fathers

The Day Democracy Died, sung by the Founding Fathers

The Founding Fathers Sing: “”The Day Democracy Died” Sung by The Founding Fathers”

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Rockets slam into US Embassy Compound in Iraq, as Base with US Troops also Comes under Fire

Rockets slam into US Embassy Compound in Iraq, as Base with US Troops also Comes under Fire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Agence France Presse Arabic is reporting that early Sunday morning several rockets or mortars slammed into the area around the […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump’s “Racist” Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land (Democracy Now)

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Trump’s “Racist” Plan Would Legalize the Theft of Palestinian Land (Democracy Now)

( Democracy Now! ) – We continue our conversation with Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress. She responds to […]

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