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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

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Iran
How Iran’s Leaders are using the “Martyrdom” of President Raisi in the Election Campaign

How Iran’s Leaders are using the “Martyrdom” of President Raisi in the Election Campaign

By Sahar Maranlou, Royal Holloway University of London | – (The Conversation) – Thousands of Iranians came out on the streets to mark the funeral […]

The Conversation

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Comedy as a Tool of Justice

Comedy as a Tool of Justice

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – To most people, comedy can be a source of entertainment, an enjoyment to remove us from our daily […]

Mohamed Jegham

Hizbullah
Lebanon’s Hezbollah is proving to be a serious Problem for Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is proving to be a serious Problem for Israel

By Zainab Younes, London South Bank University | – (The Conversation) – Hezbollah intensified its attacks in northern Israel on June 2, firing barrages of […]

The Conversation

nuclear weapons
Missiles and Bombers and Nukes: The Pentagon's Armageddon Shopping List

Missiles and Bombers and Nukes: The Pentagon’s Armageddon Shopping List

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a late-stage baby boomer, a child of the 1960s, I grew up dreaming about America’s nuclear triad. You may remember […]

William J. Astore

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Pegasus: The Zero-Click Threat to Democracy and Human Rights from Israel

Pegasus: The Zero-Click Threat to Democracy and Human Rights from Israel

Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– Pegasus, the main cyber-surveillance weapon developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, had been at the center […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Israel
Lebanon: Israel's White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement, Human […]

Human Rights Watch

Food Security
Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

Not just Bombs: Israeli-caused Hunger is killing Palestinian Children in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two Palestinian children died last week of starvation, dehydration and lack of medicine amid […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
How Trump and Netanyahu are Tag-Teaming Biden on Gaza

How Trump and Netanyahu are Tag-Teaming Biden on Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – President Joe Biden has proposed a new peace plan for Gaza, which is provisionally accepted by Hamas. […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
The Enemy is Us: (And I’m not just thinking about Donald Trump)

The Enemy is Us: (And I’m not just thinking about Donald Trump)

( Tomdispatch.com) – Honestly, doesn’t it befuddle you? I mean, don’t you think we humans are kinda mad? And worse yet, at some deep level, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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