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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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Is Israel’s Election about enacting Jim Crow for 20% of its Citizens?

Is Israel’s Election about enacting Jim Crow for 20% of its Citizens?

By Jo Roberts | (Informed Comment) – Israelis go to the polls on March 17 to elect a new government. The incoming Knesset will face […]

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Foreign Policy
Treason of the Wonks:   How to Create a National Insecurity State

Treason of the Wonks: How to Create a National Insecurity State

By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) – Policy intellectuals — eggheads presuming to instruct the mere mortals who actually run for office — are a […]

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Arab Americans
Iraqi Flees ISIL to Dallas, Shot Dead while taking Picture of First Snowfall

Iraqi Flees ISIL to Dallas, Shot Dead while taking Picture of First Snowfall

By RFE/RL | – Police in Dallas have released surveillance footage on March 7 of four suspects in the shooting and killing of an Iraqi […]

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Democracy
Tel Aviv: Tens of Thousands Rally against Netanyahu

Tel Aviv: Tens of Thousands Rally against Netanyahu

By IMEMC News | – Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied on Saturday evening, in Yitzhak Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, calling for the current Israeli […]

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African-Americans
African-Americans still struggle for Full Citizenship Rights, Voting Rights

African-Americans still struggle for Full Citizenship Rights, Voting Rights

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – 50 years after the Selma march to Montgomery, African-Americans still face substantial impediments to their full citizenship in […]

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Apartheid
Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC

Families See Hope for Justice in Palestinian Membership of ICC

By Khaled Alashqar | – GAZA CITY (IPS) – “I have lost all meaning in life after the death of my child, I will never […]

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Iran
Some Good News from the Middle East: Obama could end 36-yr U.S.-Iran standoff

Some Good News from the Middle East: Obama could end 36-yr U.S.-Iran standoff

By Chris Toensing | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – There’s not much good news coming out of the Middle East these days. But one reason […]

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Israel
Palestinian from Occupied E. Jerusalem injures 5 Israeli Police in Car Attack

Palestinian from Occupied E. Jerusalem injures 5 Israeli Police in Car Attack

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian ran his vehicle into a group of Israeli officers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli […]

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African-Americans
50 Yrs after Selma - Good News: Black President; Bad News:  Asks for Return of Voting Rights

50 Yrs after Selma – Good News: Black President; Bad News: Asks for Return of Voting Rights

Barack Obama | (Whitehouse.gov) – The White House: “President Obama Delivers Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma Marches” Full text of President Obama’s […]

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