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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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Is Najran the Saudi Frontline in its Failing Yemen War, or its Achilles Heel?

Is Najran the Saudi Frontline in its Failing Yemen War, or its Achilles Heel?

By Omar Ahmed | – The 14th century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun is famed for his treatise Al-Muqqadimah and is regarded as “the father of […]

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Donald Trump
Winners and Losers from Trump throwing Syrian Kurds under the Bus

Winners and Losers from Trump throwing Syrian Kurds under the Bus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The reasons for which the Washington Establishment is appalled at Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of US special operations troops from northern […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Lots of Countries have Enriched Uranium - How Iran's Program Fell on the Wrong Side of History

Lots of Countries have Enriched Uranium – How Iran’s Program Fell on the Wrong Side of History

By Joseph O’Mahoney | – As tensions remain at fever pitch between Tehran and Washington, Iran continues to breach limits agreed in the 2015 Iran […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds

Israeli PM Netanyahu’s political and personal reputation is in shreds

Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israel’s General Election two weeks ago has presented it with its second major political deadlock this year. The […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump Talks tough with Journalists but Lets Real Strongmen like Turkey's Erdogan Walk all over Him

Trump Talks tough with Journalists but Lets Real Strongmen like Turkey’s Erdogan Walk all over Him

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last week during the visit of the Finnish president, Trump acted out with a journalist, James Mason of Reuters who […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Baghdad’s Youthquake: Iraq’s Young Protestors ‘Have Nothing Left To Lose’

Baghdad’s Youthquake: Iraq’s Young Protestors ‘Have Nothing Left To Lose’

(Niqash.org ) – Anti-government protests in Baghdad were led by the younger generation, one that has grown up under military rule, lived a more liberal […]

Mustafa Habib

Foreign Policy
How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart

How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Constitution
Why Trump's bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency

Why Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency

By Ken Hughes | – Whatever Donald Trump does, Richard Nixon usually did it first and better. Nixon got a foreign government’s help to win […]

The Conversation

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Iraqi Gov't Teeters as Protest Death toll Rises to 100, with 4,000 Wounded

Iraqi Gov’t Teeters as Protest Death toll Rises to 100, with 4,000 Wounded

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Protests broke out again in Baghdad on Saturday, leaving 15 dead. The government had shut down the internet a few […]

Juan Cole

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