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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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Syria:  The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined

Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Aided by a massive Russian bombing campaign and Hizbullah and Iranian (or likely actually Afghan) reinforcements, […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Who Won the 2/4 Democratic Debate, Sanders or Clinton?

Who Won the 2/4 Democratic Debate, Sanders or Clinton?

Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola & Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton who was the biggest […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

The ISIL Challenge: Neither WW III nor a Minor Threat

By Julie Poucher Harbin, editor/ Alberto Fernandez | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Dozens of Middle East studies scholars, students and the general public packed a […]

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Holocaust
Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored  (& Case of Albania)

Muslims who saved Jews from Holocaust Honored (& Case of Albania)

Interfaith Peacemakers | – – [N.B. The interfaith ‘I am your Protector” Campaign, founded by Dani Laurence, last week commemorated in several cities the Muslims […]

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Plutocracy
Rubio wants to give each millionaire $220K by Eliminating Taxes on Stock Earnings

Rubio wants to give each millionaire $220K by Eliminating Taxes on Stock Earnings

Chuck Collins | Inequality.org | – – Bad tax policy ideas never die, they just get recycled. The latest retread is GOP candidate Marco Rubio’s […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia 'Ready' to send Thousands of Ground Troops to Syria

Saudi Arabia ‘Ready’ to send Thousands of Ground Troops to Syria

TeleSur | – – The Saudi military said it is ready to contribute thousands of troops to Syria as part of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State […]

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Barack Obama
Obama Condemns hatred of Muslim-Americans, Affirms their Importance to Nation

Obama Condemns hatred of Muslim-Americans, Affirms their Importance to Nation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama spoke Wednesday at a Baltimore mosque in an explicit pushback against the hatred for […]

Juan Cole

Middle Class
Poll: Most Americans Want Redistribution Of Wealth

Poll: Most Americans Want Redistribution Of Wealth

Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Now that Bernie Sanders knows that people will show up and […]

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Bernie Sanders
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East

Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East

By Derek Davison | Lobelog | Foreign Politicy in Focus | – – On foreign policy, the Vermont independent’s “political revolution” hasn’t done much to […]

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