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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

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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Thwarted Territorially in Ramadi, Daesh reverts to Terrorism in Baghdad

Thwarted Territorially in Ramadi, Daesh reverts to Terrorism in Baghdad

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the problems Iraq and Syria will face as Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is gradually rolled […]

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Russia
Putin:  Syria's Al-Assad welcome to Refuge in Russia

Putin: Syria’s Al-Assad welcome to Refuge in Russia

Vladimir Putin | (Der Bild) | – – Excerpt from part II of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview in the German publication, Der Bild, on […]

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Constitution
The Best Way to Close Guantanamo? Give It Back to Cuba

The Best Way to Close Guantanamo? Give It Back to Cuba

By Alli McCracken | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – In one fell swoop, President Obama could erase the stain of Guantanamo and make […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Politics, not just Bombs, will defeat ISIL/ Daesh

Politics, not just Bombs, will defeat ISIL/ Daesh

By Frank-Walter Steinmeier | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – The November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris – which struck at the heart of […]

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Israel
Why Arson was suspected in Fire at Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B'Tselem

Why Arson was suspected in Fire at Offices of Israeli Human Rights & Peace Group B’Tselem

Nir Hasson | Haaretz | (Video News Report) | – – Update: N.B. an investigation by the Jerusalem fire brigade appears to have concluded that […]

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African-Americans
Oregon Standoff: What If The Armed Men Were Muslim Or Black?

Oregon Standoff: What If The Armed Men Were Muslim Or Black?

Jessica Sherry | AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “The Ammon Bundy–led armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon isn’t […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Beset by  Loneliness and Memories, Syrian Refugees Struggle even in Safe Spaces

Beset by Loneliness and Memories, Syrian Refugees Struggle even in Safe Spaces

By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | – – ZARQa, Jordan (IPS) – Emelline Mahmoud Ilyas is an outgoing 35-year-old mother of three from […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Majority of Jerusalem Palestinians detained in 2015 were minors

Majority of Jerusalem Palestinians detained in 2015 were minors

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained more than 1,900 Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem in 2015, the majority of […]

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Pentagon
How We Learned to Stop Worrying About People and Love the Bombing

How We Learned to Stop Worrying About People and Love the Bombing

By Rick Shenkman | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – After Senator Ted Cruz suggested that the United States begin carpet bombing Islamic State (IS) forces in […]

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