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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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UN on Gaza:  Health System Collapse, 25% Displaced, 5% w/ Clean Water, Epidemic Threat, Generally Mad Max

UN on Gaza: Health System Collapse, 25% Displaced, 5% w/ Clean Water, Epidemic Threat, Generally Mad Max

By United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory: Gaza Emergency Situation Report Highlights • The Rafah area was subject to […]

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"Dead Children Names Too Threatening For Israel" - Something being Covered Up (Young Turks)

“Dead Children Names Too Threatening For Israel” – Something being Covered Up (Young Turks)

The Young Turks: “”The Israeli Broadcasting Authority has banned a radio advertisement from a human rights organisation which listed the names of some of the […]

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Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 bn/ yr

Boycott of Israel Spreads in European Civil Society over Gaza War, Could Cost $5 bn/ yr

By Juan Cole The ill-considered and remarkably brutal Gaza war likely will give further impetus to the Boycott, Sanction and Divestment movement by Western civil […]

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Gaza:  Khuzaa district Flattened, Evidence of Israeli Atrocities

Gaza: Khuzaa district Flattened, Evidence of Israeli Atrocities

Channel 4 News: “WARNING – this report contains graphic images some viewers may find distressing. Paul Mason reports on the end of the proposed 72-hour […]

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Obama steps up to call Bush-era CIA Torture "Torture," Despite Legal Implications

Obama steps up to call Bush-era CIA Torture “Torture,” Despite Legal Implications

CNN points out that President Obama’s forthright condemnation of Bush administration-era CIA torture could cause legal problems for Agency employees, and that the Congressional report […]

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Is Israel Committing a Genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza?

Is Israel Committing a Genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza?

By Luke Peterson Yes, Israel is committing genocide. What we are witnessing now is the extension of the program of national erasure against the Palestinians […]

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Are Israelis and Zionists really talking about a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

Are Israelis and Zionists really talking about a Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem?

By Juan Cole The Times of Israel published and then removed from its site an essay by Yochanan Gordon that openly called for genocide against […]

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Gaza:  Israel has Left 1.7 mn. with no Clean Water, Little Electricity

Gaza: Israel has Left 1.7 mn. with no Clean Water, Little Electricity

By Luisa Gandolfo, University of Aberdeen When Operation Protective Edge commenced on July 8, Israel pledged to draw on lessons learned from previous conflicts to […]

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CIA Chief Shocking Admission:  We spied on Senate staffers

CIA Chief Shocking Admission: We spied on Senate staffers

By Jon Queally, Commondreams Yes, Admits CIA Chief, We Spied on Senate Panel Investigating Torture The findings of an internal investigation at the Central Intelligence […]

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