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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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Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)

Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)

Julie Poucher Harbin presents an interview with Peter Feaver via Islamicommentary According to an assessment signed by White House director of the office of legislative […]

Juan Cole

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Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)

Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)

Christie Thompson writes at ProPublica: Among the news that ended up being buried in the events of [two weeks ago]: A nonpartisan think tank, the […]

Juan Cole

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The Changing map of Europe and the Middle East, 1000 - 2000 (10-min. Video)

The Changing map of Europe and the Middle East, 1000 – 2000 (10-min. Video)

The changing map of Europe and the Middle East for the last thousand years, in 10 minutes.

Juan Cole

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Steven Spielberg's "Obama," with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden

Steven Spielberg’s “Obama,” with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden

Satire Spoof shown at this year’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner: Steven Spielberg’s “Obama,” starring Daniel Day Lewis, with Tracy Morgan as Joe Biden:

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Islam
Pot and Partying:  Top Ten Signs the Tsarnaev Brothers Weren’t Pious Muslims

Pot and Partying: Top Ten Signs the Tsarnaev Brothers Weren’t Pious Muslims

Recent press revelations have confirmed my initial suggestion that members of the Tsarnaev family were secular ex-Soviets rather than observant Muslims Only a few years […]

Juan Cole

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Glenn Greenwald on the Price of Government Secrecy (Moyers interview)

Glenn Greenwald on the Price of Government Secrecy (Moyers interview)

Bill Moyers interviews Glenn Greenwald on the high cost of government secrecy. The blurb for the show: “The violent Boston rampage triggered a local and […]

Juan Cole

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Serbia and Kosovo: A European Success Story? (Trix)

Serbia and Kosovo: A European Success Story? (Trix)

Frances Trix writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On 19 April 2013 the prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia, Hashim Thaci and Ivica […]

Juan Cole

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Bush and the American Right Wing: Top Ten Ways they are Like the Children of an Alcoholic

Bush and the American Right Wing: Top Ten Ways they are Like the Children of an Alcoholic

It is a well-known syndrome in alcoholic and/or abusive families that the child runs to the abusive parent, and makes excuses for him or her. […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef, under threat of Jail (Jon Stewart Interview)

Egyptian Satirist Bassem Youssef, under threat of Jail (Jon Stewart Interview)

Jon Stewart interviews Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef on being threatened with jail for being funny about the president, and various Egyptian government conspiracy theories. And […]

Juan Cole

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