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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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Afghanistan
Collapse of Kabul Bank Points to Fatal Corruption of Karzai Government

Collapse of Kabul Bank Points to Fatal Corruption of Karzai Government

I write in anger. Not blind rage, mind you. A cool, searing, steady anger. I think it is a righteous anger. It is not consequential, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Dems Reluctant to Allow Taxes on Rich to Rise

Dems Reluctant to Allow Taxes on Rich to Rise

AP says more Democrats are reluctant to allow taxes to rise on the rich. It is a matter of despair to me that the constituents […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Jolie Appeals for Pakistan Aid as Flood Refugees Return

Jolie Appeals for Pakistan Aid as Flood Refugees Return

Angelina Jolie makes a plea for aid for flood-stricken Pakistan: Reuters reports on what returnees to flooded areas are finding when they arrive:

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Shiite Procession Bombed in Lahore: 35 Dead, 250 Wounded

Shiite Procession Bombed in Lahore: 35 Dead, 250 Wounded

Three explosions hit Shiite processions in the old city of Lahore around 7 pm Wednesday, killing at least 35 persons and wounding about 250. The […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Obama hands Iraq to Iraqis, Sort of; <br/> al-Maliki Declares Independence

Obama hands Iraq to Iraqis, Sort of;
al-Maliki Declares Independence

Some wag observed of the camel that it is “an animal designed by a committee.” Likewise, the speech that President Obama gave on the end […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Speech President Obama Should Give about the Iraq War (But Won’t)

The Speech President Obama Should Give about the Iraq War (But Won’t)

Here is the speech that I wish President Obama would give about the Iraq War, but which neither he nor any other president ever will. […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Paris Hilton’s Purse

Afghanistan and Paris Hilton’s Purse

US mass media is owned by only five corporations, and all of them have decided that advertising dollars flow to celebrity gossip more than to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu Reneges on Freeze

Netanyahu Reneges on Freeze

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced his bad faith as he began the first direct talks between Israel and the Palestine Authority in 2 years, […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Salt Water, Slow Aid threaten Sindhis Displaced in Pakistan

Salt Water, Slow Aid threaten Sindhis Displaced in Pakistan

A new danger to Sindh: the flood waters are meeting and mixing with the salt waters of the Arabian Sea, threatening large tracts of fertile […]

Juan Cole

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