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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

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?

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Romney:  “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”

Romney: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.”

Quarter-billionaire Mitt Romney to Soledad O’Brien on CNN: “Romney says, “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it […]

Juan Cole

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Chart:  Euro-American boycott of Iranian Petroleum would Fail

Chart: Euro-American boycott of Iranian Petroleum would Fail

Courtesy Courtesy crudeoilpeak.info Europe doesn’t loom that large already. And, Asia and other global South areas would take up the slack.

Juan Cole

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Marsh on Obama:  The Party’s Over

Marsh on Obama: The Party’s Over

Taylor Marsh writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The Party’s Over There’s a reason Obama reelect doesn’t have a slogan. All they’ve got […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Michael Klare, No Exit in the Persian Gulf?

Tomgram: Michael Klare, No Exit in the Persian Gulf?

All of a sudden, the Strait of Hormuz has become the most combustible spot on the planet, the most likely place to witness a major conflict between well-armed adversaries.  Why, of all locales, has it become so explosive?

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria’s Crisis Deepens:  Does Internationalization Loom?

Syria’s Crisis Deepens: Does Internationalization Loom?

The events of the past five days in Syria may be a game changer, both domestically and internationally. Last Thursday, opposition forces said, 100 people […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Iran Through the Looking Glass

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Iran Through the Looking Glass

Reverse the story, though, and it immediately becomes a malign, if unimaginable, fairy tale.  Of course, no Iranian elite forces will ever operate along the U.S. border…

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Can Obama Prevail against a Romney-Netanyahu Ticket? – Robertson

Can Obama Prevail against a Romney-Netanyahu Ticket? – Robertson

John Robertson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment CAN OBAMA PREVAIL AGAINST A ROMNEY-NETANYAHU TICKET? Paul Pillar and Leslie Gelb – both of […]

Juan Cole

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The Way Forward in the Middle East — Peled & Peled

The Way Forward in the Middle East — Peled & Peled

Yoav Peled and Horit Herman Peled write in a guest column for Informed Comment The Way Forward in the Middle East Reversing a bi-partisan US […]

Juan Cole

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Béji:  “We are all Tunisian Jews”

Béji: “We are all Tunisian Jews”

Hélé Béji, a prominent woman writer from an old notable family in Tunis, was outraged by an incident in early January when a small crowd […]

Juan Cole

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