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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 […]

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

09/13/2025 By Juan Cole

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy Plan that relies on Urbicide and Expulsion

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How much Influence does Iran have over its Strategic Allies -- Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?

How much Influence does Iran have over its Strategic Allies — Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?

By Sara Harmouch, American University and Nakissa Jahanbani, United States Military Academy West Point | – From attacks by rebels in the Red Sea to […]

The Conversation

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Trump’s Far Right Allies Plot to Take over the European Union and Sink its Green Deal

Trump’s Far Right Allies Plot to Take over the European Union and Sink its Green Deal

( Tomdispatch.com) – It would be funny if it weren’t so potentially tragic — and consequential. No, I’m not thinking about Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential […]

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How Israel got Stuck in Orwell's '1984'

How Israel got Stuck in Orwell’s ‘1984’

Oakland, Ca. (Special for Informed Comment; Feature) – As state paranoia rises in Israel, civil liberties including freedom of the press have taken a huge […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Bill of Rights
DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups

DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups

By Diane Rado ( Florida Phoenix ) – From threatening students’ free speech on college campuses to making it easier for powerful people to sue […]

Florida Phoenix

Houthi
Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea

Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea

By Sarah G. Phillips, University of Sydney | – As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel

Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel

Glassboro, NJ (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a scholar of war, migration, and refugee resettlement—but more importantly as a human being—I have watched […]

Jared Keyel

China
Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China

Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China

By Michael Scollon | – ( RFE/RL ) – More than 6,000 kilometers from Tehran, in treacherous waters off the shores of Singapore, a “dark […]

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Donald Trump
Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image

Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: Donald Trump, who seems to gain Republican support with every new indictment, is not going away. He’s […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Africa
Namibia, Victim of Germany's 1904 Genocide, Lambastes Berlin for Denying Israel's atrocities against Palestinians

Namibia, Victim of Germany’s 1904 Genocide, Lambastes Berlin for Denying Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Countries of the global South are most often denied a voice in Europe and North America. Our cable news brings […]

Juan Cole

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