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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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Egypt Threatens Netanyahu with End of Camp David Peace Accords if he Invades Rafah

Egypt Threatens Netanyahu with End of Camp David Peace Accords if he Invades Rafah

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It is being widely reported based on press leaks that the Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has privately […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Rafah Displacement Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful (HRW)

Israel: Rafah Displacement Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army and other officials to submit to the cabinet a […]

Human Rights Watch

censorship
Public Libraries under MAGA Threat: Banning what Matters

Public Libraries under MAGA Threat: Banning what Matters

( Tomdisptach.com) – When my mother died in 2000, I inherited all her books. Sadly, after several moves and downsizings over the decades, her collection […]

Rebecca Gordon

Arab Spring
Why, Despite the Arab Spring and Mass Protests of the 2010s, People Got the Opposite of What they Wanted

Why, Despite the Arab Spring and Mass Protests of the 2010s, People Got the Opposite of What they Wanted

Review of Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution (New York: PublicAffairs, 2023). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – At […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Iran
Little Room For Negotiation Between Iran And U.S. Amid Middle East Tensions

Little Room For Negotiation Between Iran And U.S. Amid Middle East Tensions

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Like two heavyweight boxers, the United States and Iran circle the ring — flexing their muscles without stepping […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu's Position becoming more Uncertain as he rejects Hamas Deal to end War

Netanyahu’s Position becoming more Uncertain as he rejects Hamas Deal to end War

By Anne Irfan, UCL | – (The Conversation) – The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected a ceasefire plan put forward by Hamas, calling […]

The Conversation

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Netanyahu Plans to chase 1.4 mn. Refugees from Rafah, then to Invade, as Biden complains, "Over the Top"

Netanyahu Plans to chase 1.4 mn. Refugees from Rafah, then to Invade, as Biden complains, “Over the Top”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Israeli army has agreed on a plan prepared for the land invasion […]

Juan Cole

Colonialism
As Palestinians continue to Die, the History of their Betrayal by the ‘Free World’ tells us Why (Juan Cole at Scheerpost)

As Palestinians continue to Die, the History of their Betrayal by the ‘Free World’ tells us Why (Juan Cole at Scheerpost)

Legendary journalist Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole at Scheer Intelligence Juan Cole, “As Palestinians continue to die, the history of their betrayal by the ‘Free […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
U.S. Officials Acknowledge Moral Issues at Stake in Gaza

U.S. Officials Acknowledge Moral Issues at Stake in Gaza

By Edward Hunt ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Over the past several months, officials in Washington have acknowledged that one of the fundamental […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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