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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

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Barack Obama
The Cheapening of American Politics:  Why did Obama reward O'Reilly with an Interview?

The Cheapening of American Politics: Why did Obama reward O’Reilly with an Interview?

(By Juan Cole) President Obama subjected himself to an interview by Bill O’Reilly of Fox “News” on Sunday before the Superbowl. Obviously, intellectually it was […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli Pols attack Sec. Kerry over Boycott Remarks: "Can't negotiate with a gun to our Heads"

Israeli Pols attack Sec. Kerry over Boycott Remarks: “Can’t negotiate with a gun to our Heads”

(Via AFP) Israel, US locked in spat over Kerry boycott remark (via AFP) Israel and Washington were at loggerheads on Sunday after senior Israeli figures […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Women Learn Kung Fu for Fighting Sexual Harassment

Egyptian Women Learn Kung Fu for Fighting Sexual Harassment

VOAnews reports “Egyptian Women Learn Martial Arts to Combat Sexual Harassment”

Juan Cole

Climate Change
How the Media Missed the Story of the Millennium:   One Climate Blockbuster after Another

How the Media Missed the Story of the Millennium: One Climate Blockbuster after Another

(By Tom Englehardt) Here’s the scoop: When it comes to climate change, there is no “story,” not in the normal news sense anyway. The fact […]

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film
Director Steven Spielberg speaks at UN Holocaust Remembrance Day: "There are no Bystanders to History"

Director Steven Spielberg speaks at UN Holocaust Remembrance Day: “There are no Bystanders to History”

ITN reports, “Director Steven Spielberg talks at UN Holocaust Remembrance Day”

Juan Cole

censorship
Turkish Gov't Compares Internet Freedom to Battered Spouses

Turkish Gov’t Compares Internet Freedom to Battered Spouses

(Via Techdirt) Turkish Government Says Online Freedom Is Like Violence Against Women (via Techdirt) As anyone who has been following the news knows, Turkey has […]

Juan Cole

art and photography
Photo of the Day:  Women in Mosul, 1902

Photo of the Day: Women in Mosul, 1902

From M. E. Hume-Griffith and A. Hume, Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman’s Eight Years’ Residence Amongst the […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Now Peace Talks, John Kerry, are "Anti-Semitic" in Eyes of Israeli Far Right

Now Peace Talks, John Kerry, are “Anti-Semitic” in Eyes of Israeli Far Right

(By Juan Cole) The Likud-led Israeli government doesn’t like US Secretary of State John Kerry at all. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon ridiculed him as “obsessive” […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Christie, Clapper and other Officials who should be in Jail instead of Snowden

Christie, Clapper and other Officials who should be in Jail instead of Snowden

(By Juan Cole) The vindictiveness toward Edward Snowden in official Washington has nothing to do with law-breaking and everything to do with the privileges of […]

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