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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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GOP Robo Speech:  It isn’t Just Rubio  (Cartoon)

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Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol’s World ) | – – Via Jamiol’s World See Jamiol’s second book, on what America is not

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Iran
Is Iran the most Stable Country in the Mideast 37 Years after its Revolution?

Is Iran the most Stable Country in the Mideast 37 Years after its Revolution?

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Palestine
Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

TeleSur | – – Humanitarian aid has reached refugees in the Syrian town of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, for the first time in […]

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Top 5 Scalia Rulings that helped Progressives

Top 5 Scalia Rulings that helped Progressives

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Justice Antonin Scalia died in Texas on Saturday. IC sends condolences to his family. Scalia is […]

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GOP Candidates' Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture

GOP Candidates’ Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture

By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | – – GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again. For anyone who cares deeply about being informed, watching Republican […]

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European Union
Muslims in Europe:  A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations

Muslims in Europe: A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations

Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Are Muslims embraced as […]

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Russia
Russia Says World in 'New Cold War' over Syria

Russia Says World in ‘New Cold War’ over Syria

TeleSur | – – "Sometimes I wonder if it’s 2016 or if we live in 1962," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Munich Security Conference, Saturday. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
European Parliament demands immediate end to Israel Squatting, Home Demolitions, in Palestine

European Parliament demands immediate end to Israel Squatting, Home Demolitions, in Palestine

By IMEMC | – – The European Parliament (EP’s) Delegation for relations with Palestine, expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation on the ground, calling for […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
Despite Syria Cease Fire, Belligerents Plot military Victory

Despite Syria Cease Fire, Belligerents Plot military Victory

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the announcement at Munich of a cessation of hostilities in Syria, to be implemented in […]

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