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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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Energy
Amazing Green Energy News:  World's Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar

Amazing Green Energy News: World’s Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar

1. World’s Largest Wind Farm The London Array offshore wind farm has just gone live, generating 630 MW of electricity in the first phase. An […]

Juan Cole

Iran
"Losing my Religion" in Tehran (Music Video)

“Losing my Religion” in Tehran (Music Video)

Iranian mashup of R.E.M’s 1991 hit, “Losing my Religion”, set in Tehran. REM LOSING MY RELIGION at Tehran from Hamed Zarepoor on Vimeo. h/t reddit.com

Juan Cole

Syria
Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp

Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp

Jordan has received about 600,000 Syrian refugees from the civil war raging in the latter country. It has now been constrained to open a second […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)

Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)

Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The next crucial round of Iranian presidential elections will be held on 14 June 2013. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)

Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)

Lauren McCauley writes at Common Dreams A new report on Israel’s water grab in the occupied West Bank links the widespread deprivation of Palestinian water […]

Juan Cole

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CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis

CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis

It was only a matter of time before the US mainstream media struck back against Kim Jong Un’s diversion of Washington’s attention from Iran to […]

Juan Cole

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Earthquake Near Bushehr Nuclear Plants in Iran Kills 37

Earthquake Near Bushehr Nuclear Plants in Iran Kills 37

On Tuesday, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Kaki, 80 km from Bushehr, the site of Iran’s nuclear power generators, which are due to go online […]

Juan Cole

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Working America’s 40-year Decline (Garson)

Working America’s 40-year Decline (Garson)

Barbara Garson writes at Tomdispatch.com If you had to date the Great Recession, you might say it started in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers vaporized […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Economy: Stock Market Paralyzed, Insane Poultry and Meat Prices

Syrian Economy: Stock Market Paralyzed, Insane Poultry and Meat Prices

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases Syrian news items on the economy of the war-torn country: Syrian Economic Roundup 01 – 07 Apr […]

Juan Cole

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