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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

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Silverman: Drought, Agriculture, and Social Problems in Iraq

Silverman: Drought, Agriculture, and Social Problems in Iraq

Adam L. Silverman, PhD, writes in a guest op-ed for IC: The crippling sandstorms in Iraq, which disrupted the trip to that country of Vice […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqis Project Hopes, Fears onto Biden; Biden Firm that US will Engage Iran; If Israel wants an Attack, must carry it out Itself

Iraqis Project Hopes, Fears onto Biden; Biden Firm that US will Engage Iran; If Israel wants an Attack, must carry it out Itself

The top myths in the press this weekend about Vice President Joe Biden are that he was rebuffed in Iraq when he offered his good […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Israeli Rightwing Press Attacks Obama, Denies Rights to Palestinians

OSC: Israeli Rightwing Press Attacks Obama, Denies Rights to Palestinians

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases opinion pieces in the press of the right wing Israeli settler movement in the Occupied Palestinian West […]

Juan Cole

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Mary Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail

Mary Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail

Aljazeera English reports on the activists abducted by Israel as they attempted to deliver food and other civilian aid to Gaza, which is under a […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi Details Fraud; Shariatmadari Calls for Opposition to Be Prosecuted

Mousavi Details Fraud; Shariatmadari Calls for Opposition to Be Prosecuted

WaPo reports that opposition leader Mir Hosain Mousavi has released documents alleging bias in the June 12 presidential elections in Iran. He slams the Revolutionary […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Shariatmadari: Try Mousavi and Karroubi

OSC: Shariatmadari: Try Mousavi and Karroubi

The USG Open Source Center translates a hard line editorial by an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling for opposition leaders Mir Hosain Mousavi […]

Juan Cole

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Mediterranean Piracy on the Fourth

Mediterranean Piracy on the Fourth

US hostages held in foreign country on Fourth of July, including a former Congresswoman, after having been captured in a naked act of piracy in […]

Juan Cole

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Remembering Iran's Protests on the 4th of July

Remembering Iran’s Protests on the 4th of July

Remembering the protests in Iran in pictures and film on the occasion of the America Declaration of Independence: Aljazeera English on “Mousavi and the Masses”, […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi Said Calling for General Strike; Hard Liners Call for his Arrest

Mousavi Said Calling for General Strike; Hard Liners Call for his Arrest

In what may be a major development, it is being alleged that Iranian opposition leader Mir Hosain Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard are calling […]

Juan Cole

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