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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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New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

New Economic Pogrom: Israeli squatters uproot 5000 olive tree saplings In Palestinian West Bank

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Jewish settlers have uprooted more than 5,000 olive tree saplings in agricultural lands east of the town of Turmusayya in the central […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
President Obama's Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges, 2015

President Obama’s Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges, 2015

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Barack Obama wanted to be the president who got the US out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and turned […]

Juan Cole

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U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine

U.S. Twists Arms to Help Defeat Resolution on Palestine

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United States re-asserted its political and economic clout – and its ability to twist arms and perhaps […]

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Energy
New "Sustainable City" in Dubai aims to be Net Carbon Zero

New “Sustainable City” in Dubai aims to be Net Carbon Zero

Dubai City | — “The goal of sustainability is to enhance quality of life, without compromising the needs of future generations. Sustainability is achieved by […]

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Apartheid
Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015?   Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

Israel War Crimes Trial in 2015? Palestinians sign up to join International Criminal Court

RT | — “Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed up to join International Criminal Court, paving the way for the investigation on Israel’s possible war […]

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astronomy and outer space
Nature's Fireworks:  The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Nature’s Fireworks: The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway

Euronews | — No Comment TV: “Magnetic midnight in Norway – no comment”

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UAE
2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 New Year Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai

2015 Fireworks: Burj Khalifa, Dubai (New Year Fireworks)

Juan Cole

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Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

Palestinians ready next Move as UNSC rejects end of Occupation

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The UN Security Council yesterday voted down an Arab League resolution on Palestine that would have called for […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
We have so much to Learn from Cuba

We have so much to Learn from Cuba

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr In this column, Robert F. Kennedy – son of Robert F. (Bobby) Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy […]

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