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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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Israel/ Palestine
Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine

Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine

Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine Gush Shalom, Israel. Press Release, October 13, 2014 363 Israeli public […]

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Energy
Top 5 Ways Lower oil Prices Could  Change the World

Top 5 Ways Lower oil Prices Could Change the World

By Juan Cole Brent Crude has fallen to $90 a barrel as China’s and Asia’s slowing economic growth has reduced oil demand and production remains […]

Juan Cole

First-rate care on your doorstep when Cleveland Clinic opens in Abu Dhabi

First-rate care on your doorstep when Cleveland Clinic opens in Abu Dhabi

The Cleveland Clinic’s reputation for excellence in health care has been hard won and deserved. For the first time, the company is taking its brand […]

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Climate Change
Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night

Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night

Reuters Plus: “Israeli firm Brenmiller Energy aims to solve the conundrum of producing solar power at night with a new energy storage system that it […]

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Bill of Rights
Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill?

Why do Politicians spend $9 billion a year to Jail the Mentally Ill?

Brave New Films “Instead of helping the mentally ill, police often put them behind bars. Watch how one police department is making a positive difference. […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Squatters beat up woman picking olives in Palestinian West Bank (400 Attacks a Year)

Israeli Squatters beat up woman picking olives in Palestinian West Bank (400 Attacks a Year)

SALFIT (Ma’an) — A large group of Israeli settlers on Saturday morning violently beat a young Palestinian woman while she was picking olives from trees […]

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The Wider Appeal of ISIL and Sunni Grievances

The Wider Appeal of ISIL and Sunni Grievances

By Juan Cole al-Quds al-`Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] reports on the appeal of ISIL to Salafi hard line Sunni Muslims. In a worrisome development, radicals throughout […]

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Iraq
Iraq's Sole Yazidi Lawmaker Says 25,000 Girls Abducted By ISIL To Be Raped, Sold

Iraq’s Sole Yazidi Lawmaker Says 25,000 Girls Abducted By ISIL To Be Raped, Sold

By Freshta Jalalzai and  Luke Johnson via RFE/RL Iraq's only ethnic Yazidi member of parliament says that the human rights situation in her country is "deteriorating," […]

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Arab Spring
Will Egypt Intervene in Libya as part of Generals' War on Political Islam?

Will Egypt Intervene in Libya as part of Generals’ War on Political Islam?

CCTV Africa: “Pressure is growing on Egypt’s government to intervene in Libya. That’s after the emergence this week of an Islamic State-style caliphate – close […]

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