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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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Video of the Day: Fox News wishes you 'Happy Holidays' (War on Christmas Fail)

Video of the Day: Fox News wishes you ‘Happy Holidays’ (War on Christmas Fail)

Cenk Uygur of Young Turks reports on Fox Cable News’ hypocrisy in hyping a mythical “war on Christmas” that allegedly involves forbidding the phrase “Merry […]

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art and photography
Sufi Center in Hama, Syria, c. 1900 (Photo of the Day)

Sufi Center in Hama, Syria, c. 1900 (Photo of the Day)

(From Gertrude Bell, Syria: The Desert and the Sown, 1908) Hama is a small, mainly Sunni Arab city in the center-west of Syria famed for […]

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Obama will Veto new Iran Sanctions, Israel War Mandate pushed by AIPAC Senators

Obama will Veto new Iran Sanctions, Israel War Mandate pushed by AIPAC Senators

(By Juan Cole) In his end-of-the-year press conference, President Obama had to defend his Iran negotiations in the face of a revolt within his own […]

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Erdogan expected to bounce back from corruption probe blow

Erdogan expected to bounce back from corruption probe blow

Turkish prime minister has been hurt by arrests of people close to him – and his government’s response – but his presidential prospects are still […]

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Europe Lawmakers Push Back on Circumcision

Europe Lawmakers Push Back on Circumcision

Encouraged by Israeli diplomats, parliamentarians from the Council of Europe have submitted a motion opposing an earlier resolution condemning ritual circumcision of boys. Click here […]

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Afghanistan
American Public: Invasion of Afghanistan a Mistake, Speed up Withdrawal

American Public: Invasion of Afghanistan a Mistake, Speed up Withdrawal

(By Sarah Lazare) More than twelve years after the initial invasion, U.S. public opinion of the so-called Good War in Afghanistan appears to be souring. […]

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Human Rights
UN: A Million Palestinians will Need Food aid in Israel-blockaded Gaza Next Year

UN: A Million Palestinians will Need Food aid in Israel-blockaded Gaza Next Year

PressTv reports, “The UN says nearly a million Palestinians are expected to need food aid in the Gaza Strip next year” Their blurb: “About 800-thousand […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Four Syrian Bedouin Women, c. 1890 (Photo of the Day)

Four Syrian Bedouin Women, c. 1890 (Photo of the Day)

Photo of the Day: Four Syrian Bedouin women in the late 19th century. Mirrored from Al-Mashriq Syria in 1900 had a population of a little […]

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Climate Change
Scotland is going 100% Green by 2020; shame on Dirty America

Scotland is going 100% Green by 2020; shame on Dirty America

(By Juan Cole) Glasgow is the city of the future, not Phoenix. Scotland has a population of about 5.3 million, a little more than the […]

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