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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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Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

Two Children Die Every Day Trying to Cross the Mediterranean

TeleSur | – – Children make up 36 percent of the those making the perilous migration journey across the sea, often to flee conflicts. As […]

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Green Energy
Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?

Can Morocco Create a New Middle East through Green Energy?

By Moha Ennaji | ( Project Syndicate) | – – FEZ – The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  Washington's Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars

Afghanistan: Washington’s Twenty-First-Century Opium Wars

By Alfred McCoy | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In October 2001, the U.S. launched its invasion of Afghanistan largely through proxy Afghan fighters […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces demolish sole school in Bedouin community

Israeli forces demolish sole school in Bedouin community

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Sunday demolished a Bedouin school for children in the Abu al-Nuwaar community near […]

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poetry
Spirit and Sensuality in the mystical Sufi poetry of Rumi

Spirit and Sensuality in the mystical Sufi poetry of Rumi

By Nesreen Akhtarkhavari and Anthony A. Lee, Translators | (Informed Comment) | – – The poems of Rumi, the thirteenth-century teacher, scholar, and poet known […]

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Christians
Trump's SC Victory and anti-Muslim Hatred

Trump’s SC Victory and anti-Muslim Hatred

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Billionaire bigot Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary Saturday with about 32.5 percent of the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Trumpism & Europe's Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’

Trumpism & Europe’s Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’

By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EurActiv.com) A dispute over how to shelter 160,000 refugees in Europe got deeper today when Poland said its population is […]

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Afghanistan
As ISIL goes Global, Will the 'War on Terror' extend for Decades?

As ISIL goes Global, Will the ‘War on Terror’ extend for Decades?

By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The war against ISIL has seen 18 months of of airstrikes by United States-led coalition forces […]

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African-Americans
Black, Brown and Progressive: A New Voter Majority in the US?

Black, Brown and Progressive: A New Voter Majority in the US?

By Sonali Kolhatkar | ( TeleSur With the US becoming more racially diverse, left-leaning people of color in alliance with their white counterparts means that […]

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