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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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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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European Union: Turkey further than ever on Human Rights, Rule of Law

European Union: Turkey further than ever on Human Rights, Rule of Law

Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey will on Tuesday receive the European Commission’s most critical report since it launched its bid to join the […]

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Immigration
Trump can't Actually care much about Syrians if he only let in 11 Refugees this Year

Trump can’t Actually care much about Syrians if he only let in 11 Refugees this Year

TeleSur | – – “We are seeing the impact of the Trump administration’s words and policy and actions that slams the door on refugees,” says […]

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Donald Trump
The Tragedy of American Great Power Moves on the Middle East: Trump Can, so he Will

The Tragedy of American Great Power Moves on the Middle East: Trump Can, so he Will

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – As assumed, the US, the UK and France launched their coordinated airstrikes on Syria in the […]

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Iraq on Syria Strikes: We've seen this Movie and it doesn't End Well

Iraq on Syria Strikes: We’ve seen this Movie and it doesn’t End Well

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraq’s foreign ministry came out strongly against the US, British and French missile strikes on Syria. […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
How the CIA's secret torture program sparked a citizen-led public reckoning in North Carolina

How the CIA’s secret torture program sparked a citizen-led public reckoning in North Carolina

By Alexandra Moore | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, is reported to have overseen a U.S. […]

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Climate Change
Sweden's new Carbon Tax on Air Travel aims helping Environment

Sweden’s new Carbon Tax on Air Travel aims helping Environment

By Valéry Laramée de Tannenberg | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Freya Kirk | – – Sweden has introduced a new carbon tax. From 1 April, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
2 Dead, 30 wounded: Israeli troops again Fire on Peaceful Palestinian Protesters at Gaza Border

2 Dead, 30 wounded: Israeli troops again Fire on Peaceful Palestinian Protesters at Gaza Border

TeleSur | – – “I have no fear of dying because there is no life in Gaza,” one Palestinian told AFP. As Friday protests resumed […]

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Reality Show violence in the Age of Trump: Striking Syria

Reality Show violence in the Age of Trump: Striking Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump along with allies British prime minister Theresa May and French president Emannuel Macron struck […]

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Russia, Iran and Syria respond to Trump's Threats

Russia, Iran and Syria respond to Trump’s Threats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The UK-based Arabic language daily, al-Arabi al-Jadid (a secular, left-leaning newspaper helmed by Azmi Bishara from […]

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