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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

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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A Forever War that Dares not Speak its Name  (Bacevich)

A Forever War that Dares not Speak its Name (Bacevich)

Andrew J. Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch.com For well over a decade now the United States has been “a nation at war.” Does that war have […]

Juan Cole

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The Survival of Earth Depends on Frogs... and Frogs are in Trouble

The Survival of Earth Depends on Frogs… and Frogs are in Trouble

Herbicides and pesticides threaten to wipe out one third of amphibian species in the coming decades. A new study finds that frogs, toads and salamanders […]

Juan Cole

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CIA Whistleblower who revealed Torture is still in Jail; Torturers walk Free

CIA Whistleblower who revealed Torture is still in Jail; Torturers walk Free

Just a reminder that President Obama has not yet pardoned John Kiriakou, the CIA whistleblower who revealed the agency’s torture practices Kiriakou went to jail […]

Juan Cole

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Could Ulra-Orthodox Conscription issue bring down the Israeli Government?

Could Ulra-Orthodox Conscription issue bring down the Israeli Government?

Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist, secular Yesh Atid party, has threatened to withdraw from the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu […]

Juan Cole

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Dubai Promotional Video

Dubai Promotional Video

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Should Memorial Day include Commemoration of Thoreau?

Should Memorial Day include Commemoration of Thoreau?

Memorial Day began as a commemoration for the dead in the US Civil War, and especially for the Northern dead. Southern states for the most […]

Juan Cole

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Help Build a Hospital in Karbala, Iraq!

Help Build a Hospital in Karbala, Iraq!

Karbala, Iraq, doesn’t have enough good medical care. The number one killer is heart attacks, but a whole range of ailments are not being effectively […]

Juan Cole

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Who’s the Threat?  Western Powers have invaded and Killed Millions of Muslims

Who’s the Threat? Western Powers have invaded and Killed Millions of Muslims

Listening to Newt Gingrich, the great bloviator, go on this morning on the alleged Muslim threat, set me off. Gingrich did his dissertation on Belgian […]

Juan Cole

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Rockets in Beirut Target Hizbullah as Violence spreads from Syria to Lebanon

Rockets in Beirut Target Hizbullah as Violence spreads from Syria to Lebanon

Four persons were wounded by GRAD rockets that fell in south-western Beirut, a Hizbullah stronghold, on Sunday. The strikes come a day after the head […]

Juan Cole

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