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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

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Top 5 Muslim-related Hypocrisies in the Donald Trump Jr. Russia Meeting

Top 5 Muslim-related Hypocrisies in the Donald Trump Jr. Russia Meeting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The dishonesty and bad faith of Donald Trump’s Muslim ban and general pose of hating Muslims […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation

S. Africa ruling party will downgrade ties with Israel over Illegal Occupation

Ma’an News Agency | – – PRETORIA (Ma’an) — The African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party of South Africa, voted on Tuesday in favor […]

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Iraq
Can the Liberation of Mosul begin to free the Mideast from Fundamentalism?

Can the Liberation of Mosul begin to free the Mideast from Fundamentalism?

By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | – – After an offensive lasting nearly nine months, the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, walked through the […]

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Donald Trump
How Dangerous is Trump’s Flirtation with Violence?

How Dangerous is Trump’s Flirtation with Violence?

By Ian Buruma | (Project Syndicate) | – – NEW YORK – Some people might have dismissed Donald Trump’s recent tweet of a video clip […]

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Corruption
Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)

Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)

Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks News Video) || – – “Hobby Lobby just got caught smuggling. Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich, […]

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Donald Trump
We have dire Problems: Don't be distracted by Trump's Twitter Cascades

We have dire Problems: Don’t be distracted by Trump’s Twitter Cascades

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – I don’t tweet, but I do have a brief message for our president: Will you please get […]

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Iraqi Gov't declares "mighty Triumph" over ISIL in Mosul, as Sunni Press decries Casualties

Iraqi Gov’t declares “mighty Triumph” over ISIL in Mosul, as Sunni Press decries Casualties

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Al-Mada reports that 24 hours after Mosul was completely liberated from the hold of Daesh (ISIS, […]

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G19 outmaneuvers climate Rogue Trump, ignores Donald & Ivanka

G19 outmaneuvers climate Rogue Trump, ignores Donald & Ivanka

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel ran rings around Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg, where pictures […]

Juan Cole

journalism
Al Jazeera Defies Saudi Bloc's pressure to close: 'Journalism itself is under Siege'

Al Jazeera Defies Saudi Bloc’s pressure to close: ‘Journalism itself is under Siege’

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain want Al Jazeera – including AJ+ – to be shut […]

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