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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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How Climate Change Disrupts Industry:  Michael E. Mann Video Interview

How Climate Change Disrupts Industry: Michael E. Mann Video Interview

Michael E. Mann on the impact of climate change on industry:

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Iraq War
BBC Journalists accidentally Bombed by US Air Force during 2003 Invasion of Iraq (Video)

BBC Journalists accidentally Bombed by US Air Force during 2003 Invasion of Iraq (Video)

BBC crew accidentally bombed by US Air Force during 2003 invasion of Iraq: Video at Youtube:

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Afghanistan
Kerry Cajoles Afghanistan and Iraq, as Bush’s former colonies decline to Toe the Line

Kerry Cajoles Afghanistan and Iraq, as Bush’s former colonies decline to Toe the Line

Secretary of State John Kerry just made trips to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration’s two trophy states, in an attempt to shore up rapidly […]

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Afghanistan
US Drone Campaign in Pakistan: Amazing Infographic (Serle)

US Drone Campaign in Pakistan: Amazing Infographic (Serle)

Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Pitch Interactive have visualised every CIA drone strike and every casualty in Pakistan. A new interactive […]

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Uncategorized
Viral Video on America's Incredibly Skewed distribution of Wealth

Viral Video on America’s Incredibly Skewed distribution of Wealth

A fascinating video on America’s incredibly skewed wealth distribution, with the top 1% owning 40% and the bottom 40% almost nothing: and it’s getting worse […]

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al-Qaeda
Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Attorney: "Shocked at Conditions," "Animal Cages"

Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Attorney: “Shocked at Conditions,” “Animal Cages”

Russia Today reports on the hunger strikes among Guantanamo prisoners, 166 of whom are said still to be living in small “animal cages” and to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Alarmed at Obama’s New Christian Zionism, Failure to Push for Settlement Freeze

Palestinians Alarmed at Obama’s New Christian Zionism, Failure to Push for Settlement Freeze

Aljazeera English reports on Obama’s failures and successes on his recent Mideast trip. Below, I quote translations from the Palestinian press showing for the most […]

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Drones
Air Power is horribly Expensive and Inefficient, and Drones are no Different (Astore)

Air Power is horribly Expensive and Inefficient, and Drones are no Different (Astore)

William J. Astore writes at Tomdispatch.com: Today’s unmanned aerial vehicles, most famously Predator and Reaper drones, have been celebrated as the culmination of the longtime […]

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Israel
The Top other thing Netanyahu Needs to Apologize For: The Gaza Blockade

The Top other thing Netanyahu Needs to Apologize For: The Gaza Blockade

The one diplomatic success of President Obama’s mainly pro forma visit to Israel and Jordan was Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s pro forma apology to Turkey’s […]

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