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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream
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Assassinating Peace: How Bernadotte’s Murder Ended the Israel-Palestine Two-State Dream

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The UN General Assembly has just (September 12) endorsed the New York Declaration on the two-state solution between […]

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:”  FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

“Like Snow upon the Desert’s dusty Face:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:14

09/17/2025 By Juan Cole

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

Genocide as Spectacle: The Smartphone Era of War

09/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Iran
Risk of Shooting War with Iran Grows after Decades of Economic Warfare by the U.S.

Risk of Shooting War with Iran Grows after Decades of Economic Warfare by the U.S.

By David Cortright | – Many are worried about the risk of war between the U.S. and Iran. But the truth is, the U.S. has […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump's $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Bipartisan Senate Vote Blocks Trump’s $8 bn. Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

By Abdulaziz Kilani | @AZ_Kilani | – The US Senate yesterday blocked arms sales to Saudi Arabia, ushering in a new episode in the House’s […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
The Big Winner in Trump's anti-Iran Sanctions?  Russia

The Big Winner in Trump’s anti-Iran Sanctions? Russia

By Stasa Salacanin | – Reinstated sanctions on Iran have brought a new complexity to Tehran’s relations with those countries which supported the deal, especially […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran's Enrichment

How the Iran Nuclear Deal, Dumped by Trump, had Contained Iran’s Enrichment

By Miles A. Pomper | – Editor’s note: Iranian leaders have threatened to withdraw from a 2015 agreement that limits their nation’s nuclear activities. Under […]

The Conversation

Pentagon
No, Neocons, it Isn't Always 1939, and WW II wasn't such a 'Good War'

No, Neocons, it Isn’t Always 1939, and WW II wasn’t such a ‘Good War’

(Tomdispatch.com) – How best to describe the recently completed allied commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France? Two words come immediately […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Drones
Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions

Back from Iran War Brink: Trump wants to Walk back Iran Crisis that He created with Severe US Sanctions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The warmongers on Trump’s national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Yes, Liz Cheney, AOC is right that US is Running Concentration Camps for Refugees

Yes, Liz Cheney, AOC is right that US is Running Concentration Camps for Refugees

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been under fire for an Instagram message she sent out in which she characterized the holding facilities […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
UN Investigator Seeks Criminal Probe of Khashoggi Murder, Accusing Saudi Crown Prince

UN Investigator Seeks Criminal Probe of Khashoggi Murder, Accusing Saudi Crown Prince

Top Rights Body Should Monitor Saudi Abuses

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
Kushner's Bahrain conference collapsing--No Palestine, Israel Officials, charges of attempting to Buy off Palestinians

Kushner’s Bahrain conference collapsing–No Palestine, Israel Officials, charges of attempting to Buy off Palestinians

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt has stated that next week’s Bahrain economic workshop is the first part of the United State’s […]

Juan Cole

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