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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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How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

Leanne K Simpson | (The Conversation) | – – Violence against women, especially in war, is so pervasive around the world it’s often not considered […]

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Elections
Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime

Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – Farhang Jahanpour is a former professor and dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at […]

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Archaeology
Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

By Cory Doctorow | ( Boing Boing | – – Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, an Iraqi/German artistic duo, covertly scanned a famous looted […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Great Barrier Reef Endangered:  Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions

Great Barrier Reef Endangered: Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions

By Mathieu Mongin, Andrew Lenton, Jennifer Skerratt & Mark Baird | (The Conversation) | – – Those of us who have been fortunate enough to […]

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Kerry warns of break up of Syria; but is that Realistic?

Kerry warns of break up of Syria; but is that Realistic?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Amid ongoing talks in Geneva around a cessation of hostilities in Syria, Secretary of State John […]

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How the US went Fascist:  Mass media Makes excuses for Trump Voters

How the US went Fascist: Mass media Makes excuses for Trump Voters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is […]

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Democratic Party
The $10 Billion Contest:   Money and the 2016 US Presidential Elections

The $10 Billion Contest: Money and the 2016 US Presidential Elections

By Jack Rasmus | ( TeleSur ) | – – Poll after public opinion poll in the US today consistently show that US voters overwhelmingly […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Wikileaks:  Netanyahu used Italy to pressure US on Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Wikileaks: Netanyahu used Italy to pressure US on Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine

By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Among the NSA’s targets was UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon. “If the Secretary General can […]

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Egypt
Arbitrary:  Egyptian Military Court Sentences 3-Year-Old to Life

Arbitrary: Egyptian Military Court Sentences 3-Year-Old to Life

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – A life sentence apparently handed down by mistake to a 3-year-old boy on February 16, 2016, exemplifies […]

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