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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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Don’t Sit Tight: Congress Can Still Tank the Iran Deal

Don’t Sit Tight: Congress Can Still Tank the Iran Deal

By Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Lawmakers need to hear from their constituents who support diplomacy over […]

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Iran
The Nuclear Deal has turned Tehran into Diplomatic Capital of Mideast

The Nuclear Deal has turned Tehran into Diplomatic Capital of Mideast

By Javad Heirannia / Farhang Jahanpour | (Tehran Times) | – – TEHRAN – Farhang Jahanpour, a former Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University, says […]

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Game of Groans: How focus on Trump Taunts hides GOP war on Middle Class, Workers

Game of Groans: How focus on Trump Taunts hides GOP war on Middle Class, Workers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The condition of late capitalism produces a press discourse strangely devoid of any mention of class. […]

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Is ISIL/ Daesh biggest threat to Saudi Arabia?:  Mosque of Secret Police Bombed

Is ISIL/ Daesh biggest threat to Saudi Arabia?: Mosque of Secret Police Bombed

By Mohammed Al Nemer | ( Global Voices Online) | – – Another suicide bomb hit Saudi Arabia on Thursday, this time at a mosque […]

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Offshore Wind in Europe Surges, Powers 7 mn. Households

Offshore Wind in Europe Surges, Powers 7 mn. Households

The Tree | – – Europe’s offshore wind industry is set for a record 12 months, as new analysis from the European Wind Energy Association […]

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Iraq
Controversy: Did Turkish anti-PKK Airstrikes hit civilian Kurdish village of Zargeli?

Controversy: Did Turkish anti-PKK Airstrikes hit civilian Kurdish village of Zargeli?

BBC | (Video News Report) | – – “Turkey may have joined the air war against Islamic State militants across the border in Syria. The […]

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Barack Obama
Obama Says Netanyahu’s Interference in American Politics “Unprecedented”

Obama Says Netanyahu’s Interference in American Politics “Unprecedented”

By IMEMC | – – US President Barack Obama, in an interview with CNN, said that Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s interference in American politics […]

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Top Iran General Endorses Nuclear Deal with US, UNSC

Top Iran General Endorses Nuclear Deal with US, UNSC

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iranian Chief of Staff Major-Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said Saturday that despite some reservations, he saw 16 […]

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How Iran Deal Could Change the Middle East

How Iran Deal Could Change the Middle East

By Benjamin Tua | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Washington’s rapprochement with Iran has opened the door for major realignments from Israel to […]

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