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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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Arms Sales
Is Iran Conflict a War for the Arms Corporations?  Congress Needs to End Profiteering

Is Iran Conflict a War for the Arms Corporations? Congress Needs to End Profiteering

By Sarah Anderson | – (Otherwords.org) – Surging stock prices for military contractors gave several CEOs an early payday after Trump’s Iran aggression. The prospect […]

OtherWords

Donald Trump
Top 10 Ways Trump's Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

Top 10 Ways Trump’s Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies | – Revised. (Commondreams.org) – The U.S. assassination of General Qassem Soleimani has not yet plunged us […]

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
All the Ways Trump's Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

By David Mednicoff | – Editor’s note: Iran’s missile attack on a U.S. base in Iraq in retaliation for the Trump administration’s killing of Iranian […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the US political establishment and press has been demonizing Gen. Qasem Soleimani since he was rubbed out by Trump, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

( 48hills.org) – Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation […]

Reese Erlich

Russia
Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Radwan Zyada | – (Middle East Monitor) – Russian President Putin made a surprise visit to Damascus [on January 7], during which he met Bashar […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump's Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam

Trump’s Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam

By Deina Abdelkader | – Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Americans re: Iran:  A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in

Americans re: Iran: A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A USA Today opinion poll reported by Susan Page shows that the American people view Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression

Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression

Beachwood, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – With precarious standoffs in Libya’s Tripoli and Syria’s Idlib on the verge of collapsing amid fresh waves of […]

Eian Katz

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