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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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Brother of Slain Muslim Policeman: Assassins "Pretend Muslims," Terrorists

Brother of Slain Muslim Policeman: Assassins “Pretend Muslims,” Terrorists

BBC | — “The brother of the Paris policeman [Ahmed Merabet] killed by the Charlie Hebdo shooter urged people not to avenge his death with […]

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Dissent
Saudis torture jailed Liberal Blogger w/ 1000 lashes for... Blogging

Saudis torture jailed Liberal Blogger w/ 1000 lashes for… Blogging

Human Rights Watch | (Beirut) — More Lashes Pending for Creating Liberal Website, Insulting Religious Authorities King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia should overturn the lashing […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
From Yemen to Paris:  The al-Qaeda Franchise from the 15th to the 60th Parallel N.

From Yemen to Paris: The al-Qaeda Franchise from the 15th to the 60th Parallel N.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Analysts have been understandably cautious about the nature of the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo staff and a […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
French Far Right Poised to Exploit Paris Attacks for Political Gain

French Far Right Poised to Exploit Paris Attacks for Political Gain

By Thomas Scotto | (The Conversation) On the streets of France there is a strong public response to the murders of 12 people at the […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
How France's Jewish Community is affected by Paris Antisemitic Terrorist Attacks

How France’s Jewish Community is affected by Paris Antisemitic Terrorist Attacks

CCTV | (Ron Kampeas Interview) — “CCTV America’s Elaine Reyes interviewed Washington bureau chief for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Ron Kampeas.” CCTV: “Ron Kampeas discusses […]

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Apartheid
Winter Floods strike a Gaza reduced to Rubble by Israeli Shelling

Winter Floods strike a Gaza reduced to Rubble by Israeli Shelling

GAZA CITY (Ma’an News Agency) — Hundreds of Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday were forced to evacuate their homes due to rising […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
How is the Press in the Muslim World covering the Paris Attacks?

How is the Press in the Muslim World covering the Paris Attacks?

By Joanna Paraszczuk | (RFE/RL) — Media in the Muslim world have published a wide variety of reactions to the deadly attack on the offices […]

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al-Qaeda
Yes, they're Condemning the Paris Attacks: The Muslims' War on Terror

Yes, they’re Condemning the Paris Attacks: The Muslims’ War on Terror

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — When American commentators like Carl Bernstein complain that Muslim authorities have not sufficiently denounced the terrorist attack on […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Paris attack becomes Political Football in Israel and Palestine

Paris attack becomes Political Football in Israel and Palestine

By Nasser Lahham | Ma’an News Agency | — The shooting at a satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, which left 12 people dead, came […]

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