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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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Robert Gordon U in Scotland Strips Trump of Honorary Degree

Robert Gordon U in Scotland Strips Trump of Honorary Degree

Contessa Brewer | (CBSN video news report) | – – “In the wake of his controversial plan to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., Robert […]

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If Defeating ISIL/ Daesh is so imp't, why isn't Ramadi Campaign all we're talking about?

If Defeating ISIL/ Daesh is so imp’t, why isn’t Ramadi Campaign all we’re talking about?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Given the large number of vehement pronouncements by US presidential candidates about the dire threat from […]

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Islam-hatred
The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate:  How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews

The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate: How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews

BY TAREQ A. RAMADAN | (Informed Comment) | – – Highly essentialist and virulent anti-Islamic, anti-Arab ‘conservative’ platitudes on Islam and Muslims being disseminated by […]

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Israel Lobbies
The real Threat to Peace?  Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary

The real Threat to Peace? Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary

By Sina Toossi | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – With pundits and columnists dissecting and critiquing every word uttered by GOP front-runners Ben […]

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Syria
10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria

10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria

By Ian Sinclair | (Open Democracy) | – – Following the Paris terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015, the British government has got its wish […]

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Israel/ Palestine
US nonprofits 'donate $220 mn.' to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank

US nonprofits ‘donate $220 mn.’ to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over $220 million has been given in tax-exempted US funds to illegal Israeli settlements in the […]

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European Union
Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: "Mr Trump...is feeding hatred and misinformation"

Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: “Mr Trump…is feeding hatred and misinformation”

Euractiv.com | – – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday (8 December) defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his […]

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Barack Obama
Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!

Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!

By Ira Chernus | (Informed Comment) | – – This time, it’s the Islamic State (IS). After the attacks in Paris, Barack Obama, spokesman-in-chief for […]

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Islam-hatred
Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections

Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections

Karam Dana | (Informed Comment) | – – Just when you think GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has done it all, you are proven wrong. […]

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