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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

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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Egypt
Today's Top 5 Crises in the 2011 Arab Revolutions

Today’s Top 5 Crises in the 2011 Arab Revolutions

1. The protest movement in Egypt, which started up in earnest again last Friday, is expanding. Thousands were camped out in Tahrir Square in downtown […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
On Panetta and Defeating al-Qaeda

On Panetta and Defeating al-Qaeda

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said on his arrival in Kabul that the US could be on the verge of defeating al-Qaeda, and could do […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Revolution 2.0?

Egyptian Revolution 2.0?

Thousands of protesters came back to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday. Despite the sometimes dark depictions of continuing unrest in the Western press, from all […]

Juan Cole

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Anthony Case Index

Anthony Case Index

Number of murders in US in 2009: 13,636 Number of murders committed by firearm: 9,146 Number of alleged murders discussed for past 3 years by […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen's Saleh Addresses Nation from Hospital Bed

Yemen’s Saleh Addresses Nation from Hospital Bed

Badly wounded and burned Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh appeared on Yemeni television on Thursday in a pre-recorded address that reiterated his intent to hold […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Free Libya Forces Advance in Western Mountains

Free Libya Forces Advance in Western Mountains

Rebel forces took the city al-Qawalish on Wednesday, extending their control toward the capital and putting them in striking distance of the key city of […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
10 Ways Arab Democracies Can Avoid American Mistakes

10 Ways Arab Democracies Can Avoid American Mistakes

Dear Arab World: Your peoples have demonstrated enormous courage and idealism in challenging a whole series of seedy police states throughout the Middle East. In […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Tanks enter Hama

Syrian Tanks enter Hama

Syrian tanks entered the outskirts of Hama on Monday morning, killing 3 as they cracked down on the protests that have wracked this city in […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
The Arabs’ Fourth of July

The Arabs’ Fourth of July

The United States today is celebrating the declaration of independence issued by a murky group of dissidents in 1776, who, had they been rounded up […]

Juan Cole

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