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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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Trump's "Space Force": More 'Whitey on the Moon'

Trump’s “Space Force”: More ‘Whitey on the Moon’

Repurposed. If they can keep proposing the same brain dead policies, I can keep writing the same article. Trump and Pence want to spend $8 […]

Juan Cole

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Trump Tweets help Crash Turkish Currency as Pres. Erdogan Lashes Out

Trump Tweets help Crash Turkish Currency as Pres. Erdogan Lashes Out

Turkish strong man Tayyip Erdogan is complaining about Donald Trump’s playing hard ball with his country, at a time when the Turkish lira is collapsing […]

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What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees

What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees

By Anne Irfan | – – Leaked emails from Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and appointed steward of the Israel-Palestine conflict, are shedding light on […]

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UAE
Dubai Jails Swedish Woman, Daughter, for one Glass of Wine on Flight

Dubai Jails Swedish Woman, Daughter, for one Glass of Wine on Flight

Update: Ms. Holman has been released and Dubai has apologized. -JC, 8/12/18 A mother and her four-year-old daughter were detained for three days in Dubai […]

Middle East Monitor

Iraq
Nationalist Cleric Sadr and Communist Allies wins Iraq Vote Recount

Nationalist Cleric Sadr and Communist Allies wins Iraq Vote Recount

Baghdad (AFP) – Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr’s alliance won Iraq’s May parliamentary election according to a manual recount, the electoral commission said Friday, paving […]

AFP

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US jury orders Monsanto pay $290mn to cancer patient in weed killer trial

US jury orders Monsanto pay $290mn to cancer patient in weed killer trial

San Francisco (AFP) – A California jury on Friday ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper […]

Glenn Chapman

Saudi Arabia
How Bin Salman's Attack on Canada is Harming the Saudi Economy

How Bin Salman’s Attack on Canada is Harming the Saudi Economy

By Alastair Sloan | – The Canada-Saudi spat looks set to accelerate as the Kingdom’s central bank ordered its fund managers to withdraw hundreds of […]

Middle East Monitor

Immigration
Busting the Myth of Immigrant Crime

Busting the Myth of Immigrant Crime

San Francisco (Yes! Magazine) – Trump’s White supporters—not immigrants—are bringing lethal drugs, violence, and crime. President Donald Trump’s core supporters consist of 60 million to […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Airstrike in Yemen hits School Bus, kills 29 Kids

Saudi Airstrike in Yemen hits School Bus, kills 29 Kids

Sanaa (AFP) – An attack on a bus at a market in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children Thursday, the Red Cross said, […]

AFP

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