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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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Occupied Gaza in Photographs

Occupied Gaza in Photographs

British Gaza “Gaza: Soon after the British Empire occupied the city from the Ottoman Turks,” (circa 1918) “Grand Omari Mosque, 1928″ Egyptian Gaza “UN soldiers […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Forces into Gaza City; Hamas Fighters Brace for Guerrilla Actions

Israeli Forces into Gaza City; Hamas Fighters Brace for Guerrilla Actions

Israeli war planes bombed densely populated Gaza 12 times Sunday night through Monday morning, even as Israeli reservists were sent into the territory and troops […]

Juan Cole

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Only a "For America" PAC Can Stop the Madness

Only a "For America" PAC Can Stop the Madness

I want to follow up today on my postings over the weekend on how organizing to defend progressive congressional representatives and punish reactionary ones is […]

Juan Cole

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Monday Last Day: 2008 Weblog Awards

Monday Last Day: 2008 Weblog Awards

Update: We’re way behind, progressive blogosphere. Today is the last day to make a push. You can vote again if it has been 24 hours. […]

Juan Cole

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Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is not self-defence – it’s a war crime

This letter of attorneys and academics appeared in the Times of London on Sunday. I suggest that all bloggers who agree with it just reprint […]

Juan Cole

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Massive Protests in London, Barcelona

Massive Protests in London, Barcelona

Some videoblogging for a snowy Sunday (where I am). Israel renewed its strikes and shelling against targets in densely-populated Gaza on Sunday morning. Some 850 […]

Juan Cole

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Save the Congresspersons, Save the World

Save the Congresspersons, Save the World

Regarding the Congressional resolution on Gaza, The breakdown of the vote is here. (h/t Antiwar.com. You may be looking at an endangered species list.Cont’d . […]

Juan Cole

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On the Uselessness of Street Protest; And the Usefulness of Web 2.0 Lobbying

On the Uselessness of Street Protest; And the Usefulness of Web 2.0 Lobbying

This kind of headline about large street protests against the Israeli attack on Gaza annoys me no end. The mechanisms are well known whereby the […]

Juan Cole

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Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Lind: If Israel Bombed Iran US Army in Iraq Could be Lost

Iran’s PressTv is alleging that its building in Gaza took Israeli fire, wounding two of its employees. An Israeli spokesman denied that the building had […]

Juan Cole

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