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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right
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Trump Compares his Gaza Peace Plan to the Melania Movie, and he is Right

Juan Cole

Trump’s Gaza plans have no concrete reality, consisting of a mere Potemkin Village: the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza are sleeping rough

Ramadan under the Rubble: Gaza welcomes Holy Month amid Unhealed Wounds

Ramadan under the Rubble: Gaza welcomes Holy Month amid Unhealed Wounds

02/21/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Food and War in Sudan

Food and War in Sudan

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Noise and Silence in Israel/Palestine Today

Noise and Silence in Israel/Palestine Today

By Shachar Pinsker This is a rather long and not very happy post. You wouldn’t find here much that is new in terms of facts […]

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Christianity
Mosul w/out Christians for First time in 1,900 Years as Radical Fundamentalists Threaten Minorities

Mosul w/out Christians for First time in 1,900 Years as Radical Fundamentalists Threaten Minorities

By Juan Cole For the first time in nearly 2000 years, there are virtually no Christians in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. The […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
The Colbert Report: “Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants”

The Colbert Report: “Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants”

The Colbert Report: “Questionable Compassion for Child Immigrants” The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive ————-

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Apartheid
Gaza: The Israeli Army's Unlawful Targeting Practices are bad for Children

Gaza: The Israeli Army’s Unlawful Targeting Practices are bad for Children

By Bill Van Esveld, Human Rights Watch The Israel Defense Force has an answer to the shelling yesterday that killed four children near the Gaza […]

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Eastern Europe
Obama needs Europe in responding to MH17 Crash, but NSA Spying a Bar

Obama needs Europe in responding to MH17 Crash, but NSA Spying a Bar

By Simon Reich, Rutgers University The tragic circumstances surrounding the downing of Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH17 remain unclear. The three parties who might be responsible […]

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Apartheid
Gaza:  Netanyahu, Goaded by Israeli Far Right, Risks Breaking Int'l Law

Gaza: Netanyahu, Goaded by Israeli Far Right, Risks Breaking Int’l Law

Gaza invasion gets underway as pressure mounts on Netanyahu By Simon Mabon, Lancaster University “Phase two” of Operation Protective Edge has begun: Israeli military forces […]

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Egypt
Gaza meets the New Politics of the Middle East: "Islamic State," Egypt, Turkey

Gaza meets the New Politics of the Middle East: “Islamic State,” Egypt, Turkey

By Juan Cole The Israeli security establishment was almost certainly encouraged to launch its military assault on little Gaza by the current divisions over political […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Health Catastrophe in Gaza after Israel bombs water infrastructure

Health Catastrophe in Gaza after Israel bombs water infrastructure

By: Ahmed Hadi Gaza – Bassem Siam carried two plastic gallons as he left his home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza, ignoring […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Blow-Back:  How Bush-Cheney Reduced Iraq to Ashes

Blow-Back: How Bush-Cheney Reduced Iraq to Ashes

By Dahr Jamail [This essay is a joint TomDispatch/Truthout report.] For Americans, it was like the news from nowhere.  Years had passed since reporters bothered […]

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