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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

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

02/21/2026 By The Conversation

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Environment
Germany Will Seek 100% of its Electricity from Renewables by 2050

Germany Will Seek 100% of its Electricity from Renewables by 2050

Germany, which generates 16% of its power from renewable sources such as hydro-electric, wind and solar, now plans to get 100% of its electricity from […]

Juan Cole

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Asadi on Iran:  “Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact”

Asadi on Iran: “Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact”

Houshang Asadi writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment Iran: Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact The international community’s demand that clemency be shown […]

Juan Cole

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World Cup Death Threats for Paul the Oracle Octopus

World Cup Death Threats for Paul the Oracle Octopus

RT reports on death threats received by Paul the Oracle Octopus from German soccer fans because he correctly predicted Spain’s victory in the most recent […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Taliban Kill 65 in Bomb Blast; <br> Blackwill Urges Partition

Taliban Kill 65 in Bomb Blast;
Blackwill Urges Partition

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck at a government office in the Mohmand region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwest Pakistan […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Ally Maliki & Octavia Nasr Both Praised Fadlallah

US Ally Maliki & Octavia Nasr Both Praised Fadlallah

So help me understand this. Nuri al-Maliki, still the Iraqi prime minister for the moment, expressed his appreciation for the accomplishments of the late Grand […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites; <br/> Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front

50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites;
Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front

A series of bloody attacks killed some 50 persons across Baghdad in the midst of a massive Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Musa […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing

The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing

Israeli troops dance to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.”: Some comments on the semiotics. The piece begins with the Muslim call to prayer in al-Khalil, a Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq

Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq

Despite the optimism obvious in the speeches of Vice President Biden on Iraq, the outbreak of fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations

As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flew to Washington, DC, on Monday, a further war of words has broken out between Turkey and Israel over […]

Juan Cole

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