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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

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Tourism to Palestine  Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

Tourism to Palestine Spikes to 2.8 mn despite Israeli Sabotage Attempts

“We also had to refute the Israeli claims that there is no security in the Palestinian territories.”

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages

Life at Trump Speed: Mental Whiplash and Forgotten Outrages

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) – I took my first hit of speed in 1970 during my freshman year in college. That little white pill — Dexedrine […]

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Islam
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires (Juan Cole @MajorityFm, Video @SamSeder )

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires (Juan Cole @MajorityFm, Video @SamSeder )

Juan Cole’s New Book

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency

Dangerous CO2 Spurt: How the Rich Countries are Failing to Curb Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carbon Dioxide emissions were up again this year, after a hiatus during which people wondered if the world had gotten […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Both Irelands, Movement to Stand against Settler Occupation of West Bank

In Both Irelands, Movement to Stand against Settler Occupation of West Bank

One million euros worth of settlements’ goods are imported to Ireland annually

Mohammed Samaana

Displaced and Refugees
Jerusalem in Athens:  Refugees, the Youth Left and the Crises of Nation and Capital

Jerusalem in Athens: Refugees, the Youth Left and the Crises of Nation and Capital

On Friday, December 8, 2017, hundreds of young Palestinians and Arabs poured out onto the streets in front of Athens Syntagma square

Loubna Qutami

Uncategorized
Palestinian-American Congresswoman to take delegation to West Bank

Palestinian-American Congresswoman to take delegation to West Bank

Democratic representative-elect Rashida Tlaib is “planning to lead a congressional delegation to the Israeli-occupied West Bank”, according to a report by the Intercept. The Intercept […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Trump Nominee admits Afghan Security Losses May not be Sustainable

Trump Nominee admits Afghan Security Losses May not be Sustainable

28,529 Afghan security forces have been killed since the start of 2015

AFP

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"A Smoking Saw": Bin Salman Loses Support of Key GOP Senators with CIA Briefing

“A Smoking Saw”: Bin Salman Loses Support of Key GOP Senators with CIA Briefing

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Among the things Saudi Arabia wants from the United States is support for its war on Yemen and permission to […]

Juan Cole

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