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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

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In the Billionaires' America, Inequality Is Literally Killing Us

In the Billionaires’ America, Inequality Is Literally Killing Us

( Otherwords.org) – Again and again, studies show that the richer wealthy Americans become, the shorter the rest of us live. What do the folks […]

Sam Pizzigati

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Kurds consider Asking for Russian No-Fly Zone as Moscow demands Foreign Armies leave Syria

Kurds consider Asking for Russian No-Fly Zone as Moscow demands Foreign Armies leave Syria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A CNN exclusive by Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne reveals that Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi told the US, “I need […]

Juan Cole

Coal
Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments — You’ll Find Fossil Fuels

Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments — You’ll Find Fossil Fuels

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – From Brazil to India to the United States, extractive industries have aligned themselves with authoritarian governments waging war on minority […]

Basav Sen

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for Freeing Ethiopia's Dissidents, but Challenges still Await

Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for Freeing Ethiopia’s Dissidents, but Challenges still Await

By Mohammed Girma | – Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He becomes the 100th Nobel Peace Prize winner, […]

The Conversation

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Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Turkey Shells position of US Special Forces in Syria, almost Provokes Firefight

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom O’Connor , James LaPorta AND Naveed Jamali at Newsweek report that the Turkish military subjected a position occupied by […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Turkish Military Operation in Syria puts Large Numbers of Civilians at Risk

Key Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Treatment of Displaced People, Arbitrary Arrests

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

South Africans advise Palestinians on how Apartheid can be Overcome

Ramzy Baroud | @RamzyBaroud | – The way to truly defeat Apartheid: A conversation with Na’eem Jeenah and Salim Vally “Perhaps the time has come […]

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds

By James L. Gelvin | – Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff out a radical experiment in self-government that is […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How the Roberts Court's 'Citizens United' allowed Parnas and Fruman to Buy influence in America

How the Roberts Court’s ‘Citizens United’ allowed Parnas and Fruman to Buy influence in America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As I pointed out last week, the most powerful intervention in US politics allowing foreign influence in US elections, which […]

Juan Cole

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