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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Tunisia
Tunisian Democracy Challenged as Prime Minister Resigns

Tunisian Democracy Challenged as Prime Minister Resigns

The resignation of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali in Tunisia has created a political crisis that the elected government will have to deal with. Jebali is […]

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Iran
WaPo says Gasoline Price Increase Mysterious, Ignores US blockade of Iran Oil!

WaPo says Gasoline Price Increase Mysterious, Ignores US blockade of Iran Oil!

The Washington Post is surprised by the ‘mysterious’ high cost of gasoline in the US but does not mention in this article that the US […]

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Iran
Surprise!  Talking to Iran just Might Work this Time (Jahanpour)

Surprise! Talking to Iran just Might Work this Time (Jahanpour)

Farhang Jahanpour* writes at the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research Room for optimism in Iran and the P5-plus-1 talks Iran and the P5-plus-1, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

An Israeli soldier posted on Instagram a picture of a Palestinian child in the crosshairs. The soldier said that he found the picture on the […]

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Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

There is no place in the United States where a minimum wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment. […]

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al-Qaeda
Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Greg Grandin writes at Tomdispatch.com: The map tells the story.  To illustrate a damning new report, “Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detentions and Extraordinary Rendition,” recently […]

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Egypt
Christian woman in Egypt Shoe-whacks Salafi Fundamentalist for Calling her a Harlot (Photo)

Christian woman in Egypt Shoe-whacks Salafi Fundamentalist for Calling her a Harlot (Photo)

Last December at a protest against Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi in Egypt, it is alleged that an unveiled Christian woman was standing with other demonstrators […]

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Energy
Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire:  Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington

Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire: Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington

The ‘Forward on Climate’ protest drew some 40,000 demonstrators to Washington, DC, on Sunday. Although the press tended to cast it as mainly a rally […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Leader:  Having Nukes is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ – US Sanctions Actually Target Fuel Enrichment

Iran Leader: Having Nukes is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ – US Sanctions Actually Target Fuel Enrichment

The USG Open Source Center translated the entirety of Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s speech in Tehran to Tabrizis on Saturday. In it, Khamenei for […]

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