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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

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Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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US Mil. ‘Expert’ equates Muslim Veiling with ‘Passive Terrorism’; One woman has Questions for Him

By Domenica Ghanem | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The U.S. military apparently thinks Muslim women’s clothing choices — rather than, say, drone […]

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TeleSur | – – According to a new poll, more than 80 percent of all Latinos in the U.S. view Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump […]

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censorship
Egypt Jails Novelist Ahmed Naji for 2 years for His ‘Sexually Explicit’ Novel

Egypt Jails Novelist Ahmed Naji for 2 years for His ‘Sexually Explicit’ Novel

By Mohammed Hasan | ( Global Voices | – – A Cairo appeals court sentenced Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji for two years in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
European Union, Palestinian PM condemn Israel's deliberate destruction of EU-funded Structures

European Union, Palestinian PM condemn Israel’s deliberate destruction of EU-funded Structures

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday condemned Israel’s “deliberate” destruction of EU-funded structures in the […]

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Rubio’s 7 Fallacies on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In last night’s Republican debate co-sponsored by Telemundo, billionaire bigot Donald Trump, usually a resident of […]

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Drone Warfare
Money Pit: America's Forever War in Mideast has Gained us What, Exactly?

Money Pit: America’s Forever War in Mideast has Gained us What, Exactly?

Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number […]

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Iran
Beyond Syria:  Saudi Arabia’s Strategies for Dealing with Iran

Beyond Syria: Saudi Arabia’s Strategies for Dealing with Iran

Joseph Benzekri | ( Your Middle East | – – “Claiming to fight ISIS can serve as a valuable pretext for defending one’s own interests” […]

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Arab Spring
The Evolution of Social Media use in Mideast 5 years after the Youth Revolts

The Evolution of Social Media use in Mideast 5 years after the Youth Revolts

By Damian Radcliffe | (The Conversation) | – – In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East. Regime change in Tunisia, […]

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Democracy
Turkey's Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination

Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination

By Umit Cizre | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s readiness to circumvent elections, illustrates that promises to end the conflict were contingent […]

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