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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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Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor

Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor

Islamabad (AFP) – Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan, its information minister said […]

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A Wall Across the Sahara Desert?  Trump's Advice to Spain

A Wall Across the Sahara Desert? Trump’s Advice to Spain

Trump is believed to have made the comment on building a wall when Borrell accompanied King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the White House in […]

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Trump: The Final Victory of the Big Lie?

(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s easy — and not wrong — to think that truth is in dire danger in the era of Donald Trump. His own […]

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Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah

Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual State Department report on terrorism says that terrorist attacks were down by 23% world wide in 2017. The […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Dear Kavanaugh Defenders: Time Doesn’t Erase Youthful Crimes, Especially for People of Color

Dear Kavanaugh Defenders: Time Doesn’t Erase Youthful Crimes, Especially for People of Color

By Eileen M. Ahlin | (The Conversation) | – The accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, made by California professor Christine […]

The Conversation

Corruption
Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?

Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?

I wrote in my column on Sunday, “Manafort’s Plea Deal is a Constitutional Crisis, we Just don’t Know it Yet:” Manafort has to give to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report

Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report

The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. […]

Middle East Monitor

Yemen
Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen

Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen

Sanaa (AFP) – More than five million children are threatened by famine in war-torn Yemen as prices soar, a charity said Wednesday, warning an entire […]

AFP

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Trump's China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar

Trump’s China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar

(Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese-made solar panels turns out not to have had as severe an impact on the industry […]

Juan Cole

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