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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

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Trump's 3 Generals may be Out, but the Forever War Lobby Still Rules

Trump’s 3 Generals may be Out, but the Forever War Lobby Still Rules

( Tomdispatch.com) – Leave it to liberals to pin their hopes on the oddest things. In particular, they seemed to find post-Trump solace in the […]

Danny Sjursen

Antisemitism
2018's Biggest Stories: Synagogue Murders & Anti-Semitism in America (AJ+)

2018’s Biggest Stories: Synagogue Murders & Anti-Semitism in America (AJ+)

Anti-Semitism frequently used by white nationalists and others on the right wing to rally against social change

AJ PLUS

Immigration
Second Guatemalan Child dies Christmas Eve in US Border Protection Custody

Second Guatemalan Child dies Christmas Eve in US Border Protection Custody

By Maggy Donaldson | – Washington, DC | AFP | – An eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala died in US government custody on Tuesday, Customs and […]

AFP

Assyrians
Middle East Christians, with the population of Sweden, Celebrate Christmas

Middle East Christians, with the population of Sweden, Celebrate Christmas

The Shadow of ISIL has Receded for Most Christians in the Region

Juan Cole

Syria
Abandoned by Trump, Syrian-Kurdish YPG Closes in on Last ISIL Bastions

Abandoned by Trump, Syrian-Kurdish YPG Closes in on Last ISIL Bastions

Kurdish-led forces made fresh gains against jihadists defending their eastern Syria stronghold Monday.

AFP

Christianity
Arab Christmas Music Concert:   Majida el Roumi (MTV Lebanon)

Arab Christmas Music Concert: Majida el Roumi (MTV Lebanon)

MTV | (Music Video) – MTV Lebanon: Majida el Roumi Christmas Concert

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Syria
Top 6 Players in Syria affected by US Departure

Top 6 Players in Syria affected by US Departure

Beirut, Lebanon | AFP | – US President Donald Trump’s decision last week to pull troops out of Syria could have far-reaching repercussions for the […]

AFP

Solar Energy
Energy Revolution: Off-Grid Solar across Africa Benefits 165 mn. People (Video)

Energy Revolution: Off-Grid Solar across Africa Benefits 165 mn. People (Video)

Countries are pushing forward in the global effort to fight climate change.

World Bank

Christianity
Christmas and Sufism: Rumi on the Nativity and the Christ Within

Christmas and Sufism: Rumi on the Nativity and the Christ Within

When we work through our pain, our inner Jesus is born.

Juan Cole

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