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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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Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget

Tomgram: William Hartung, Republican Math and the Pentagon Budget

If you’ve been fretting about faltering math education and falling test scores here in the United States, you should be worried based on this campaign season of Republican math…

Juan Cole

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Obama's Hypocritical Message to Iran

Obama’s Hypocritical Message to Iran

President Barack Obama addresses the Iranian public on the occasion of the Iranian New Year (Now-Ruz). Shorter version: The US and Iran are on the […]

Juan Cole

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Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?

Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?

As French police launch a massive manhunt for the person who shot down a rabbi, his two children, and another child outside a Jewish school […]

Juan Cole

Environment
2010 Hottest Year Yet, 70 ft. Sea Rise Virtually Assured

2010 Hottest Year Yet, 70 ft. Sea Rise Virtually Assured

The hottest year on record is 2010, not 1998, according to new calculations of the major British climate study unit. The findings have just been […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Damascus sees first signs of Guerrilla War

Damascus sees first signs of Guerrilla War

Syrian opposition forces fought the fiercest battle with government loyalist troops yet on Monday, in the tony El Mezze district of Damascus. Damascus, the capital, […]

Juan Cole

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Barack Obama Look-alike Contest in Colombia

Barack Obama Look-alike Contest in Colombia

Barack Obama look-alike contest held in Colombia: ITN:

Juan Cole

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Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico

Romney “Wins” with Latinos in Puerto Rico

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army?  It is our Best Hope for Getting Out

Why don’t we have better Reporting on the Afghanistan Army? It is our Best Hope for Getting Out

With the Qur’an-burning scandal, the Panjwai massacre, repeated demonstrations against the United States, and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai’s increasingly strident anti-American pronouncements, it seems clear […]

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, A New Age of Enemies

Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, A New Age of Enemies

By now, you’d think we’d be entering the end of the 9/11 era…

Juan Cole

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