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

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

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine

02/20/2026 By Nicolas J. S. Davies

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

Working for a Nuclear-Free Future, or 85 Seconds to My Own Midnight?

02/20/2026 By Frida Berrigan

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Iran:  Israeli PM Netanyahu's Allies in US Senate Seek Vote to Scuttle President Obama's Talks

Iran: Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Allies in US Senate Seek Vote to Scuttle President Obama’s Talks

(By AFP) White House won’t predict Iran sanctions vote (via AFP) The White House declined Friday to renew its previous prediction that a Senate bill […]

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Arab Spring
Tunisia's Political Compromise & the Legacy of Mohammed Bouazizi

Tunisia’s Political Compromise & the Legacy of Mohammed Bouazizi

(By Silvia Colombo) The agreement on the new prime minister that will have the arduous task of lifting Tunisia out of the current impasse came […]

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Iraq
Fallujah Tribes broker extremist withdrawal deal to forestall Gov't invasion

Fallujah Tribes broker extremist withdrawal deal to forestall Gov’t invasion

(By Mustafa Habib) A secret deal was done between the tribes of Anbar and Sunni Muslim extremists this week – the result has seen extremists […]

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art and photography
The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem c. 1900 (Photo of the Day)

The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem c. 1900 (Photo of the Day)

The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, c. 1900 (From Gertrude Bell, Syria: The Desert and the Sown, 1908)

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Ban Coal:  Coal Industry Chemical Threatens 300,000 in West Virginia

Ban Coal: Coal Industry Chemical Threatens 300,000 in West Virginia

(By Juan Cole) Some 300,000 West Virginians are at risk from their tap water after a company making MCHM spilled it into the river, turning […]

Juan Cole

1,000 rial

January 10-2014 The Central Bank has decided to lop some zeros off the rial (photo) next year.  Mahmud Ahmadi, a senior official of the Central […]

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Israeli vandals fell fruit trees in revenge attack on Arabs

Israeli vandals fell fruit trees in revenge attack on Arabs

Suspected Jewish extremists cut down fruit trees belonging to Israeli Arabs in an apparent revenge attack for Palestinian villagers beating up Jewish settlers, police say.

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Barack Obama
Fox News: Christie Scandal Coverage pretext to Ignore Gates Revelations

Fox News: Christie Scandal Coverage pretext to Ignore Gates Revelations

(By David Edwards) Fox host on Christie: ‘Bridge thing’ ruining coverage of Bob Gates’ Obama-bashing (via Raw Story ) Fox News host Steve Doocy on […]

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Libya
Libya:  The Dictatorship of the Militias

Libya: The Dictatorship of the Militias

(By Imad Mesdoua) “Ansar Al-Sharia cleans the streets of Benghazi and conducts social work to further enhance its standing” Terrorism Security in Libya still remains […]

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