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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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Top 5 Differences between Hamas and ISIL (Pace Netanyahu)

Top 5 Differences between Hamas and ISIL (Pace Netanyahu)

By Juan Cole Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered a speech at the UN to a half-empty hall in which he tried to exemplify the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

Veritasium: 13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

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BDS Occupied Territories
Palestine Pres. Abbas will urge Int'l Boycott of Israel if US vetoes UN Resolution

Palestine Pres. Abbas will urge Int’l Boycott of Israel if US vetoes UN Resolution

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas will wage “political war” on Israel if there is a negative response to Palestinian steps at the UN to […]

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Books
Where Books Are Banned, The Internet Can Be a Lifesaver

Where Books Are Banned, The Internet Can Be a Lifesaver

By Jillian York via EFF The censorship or banning of books is a phenomenon that occurs in countries around the world. Books that are considered […]

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Barack Obama
Why Obama underestimated ISIL in Syria and Iraq

Why Obama underestimated ISIL in Syria and Iraq

By Juan Cole President Obama admitted on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday that the US had underestimated the military potential of ISIL. Obama understands that […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq's Humpty-Dumpty Factor:  Even if ISIL is Defeated, Can it ever be put Together Again?

Iraq’s Humpty-Dumpty Factor: Even if ISIL is Defeated, Can it ever be put Together Again?

Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | via Niqash.org As local forces appear to be preparing to take on Sunni Muslim extremists in charge of their hometowns, […]

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Economy
Super-Rich Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Underpay own Workers

Super-Rich Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Underpay own Workers

By Naveena Sadasivam via ProPublica A ProPublica review of U.S. Department of Labor investigations shows that oil and gas workers 2013 men and women often […]

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Fundamentalists
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims

Michele Bachmann (R-MN) declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims

The Young Turks: “Michele Bachmann took the stage at the Values Voters Summit today, and fired up the crowd with shots at President Obama and […]

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Iraq: Shiites Paralyzed by infighting as ISIL menaces Baghdad

Iraq: Shiites Paralyzed by infighting as ISIL menaces Baghdad

By Juan Cole The pan-Arab London daily “al-Sharq al-Awsat” [The Middle East] is reporting from a source inside the new Iraqi government that former prime […]

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