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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women's Murder Capital

Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women’s Murder Capital

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it abundantly clear in the hearing on Thursday that he cares more about Republican Party control of the Supreme Court […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
How the Neocons' 'New American Century' Crashed and Burned

How the Neocons’ ‘New American Century’ Crashed and Burned

(Tomdispatch.com) – When you think about it, Earth is a relatively modest-sized planet — about 25,000 miles in circumference at the Equator, with a total […]

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18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?

18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?

By David Finkelhor and Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan | – Christine Blasey Ford’s account of allegedly being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Remarks on Kavanaugh 'Con Job' and Top 4 other Policy Lies that should be Disqualifying

Trump’s Remarks on Kavanaugh ‘Con Job’ and Top 4 other Policy Lies that should be Disqualifying

I plowed through the disturbed ramblings of Trump’s ‘very big brain’ for all the myriads of falsehoods that came out of his mouth Wednesday. Trump […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018

Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018

Construction rates for Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank more than doubled in the second quarter of 2018. According to data published by […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
UK's Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will 'Recognize a Palestinian State When We Take Office'

UK’s Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will ‘Recognize a Palestinian State When We Take Office’

“In order to help make the two-state settlement a reality, we will recognize a Palestinian state as soon as we take office,” Corbyn said. Labour […]

TeleSur

Syria
Syria:  Israel should ‘Think Twice’ about Bombing after Russian S-300 Air Defence Installed

Syria: Israel should ‘Think Twice’ about Bombing after Russian S-300 Air Defence Installed

Damascus (AFP) – A top Syrian official has said a new air defence system from ally Russia will force Israel to “think carefully” before carrying […]

AFP

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But He Doesn't *Look* Like a Rapist

But He Doesn’t *Look* Like a Rapist

(Informed Comment) – The uproar over Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged attack of a 15-year-old has resulted in many irrational reactions, which even included a bizarre conspiracy […]

Gail Ukockis

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Trump's Space Farce

Trump’s Space Farce

(Tomdispatch.com) – Like many in my generation, undoubtedly including Donald Trump, I went into space early (and I’m not even counting all those hours in […]

William D. Hartung

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