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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel
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European Parliament asks for Recognition of Palestinian State, Upholds halt to Aid to Israel

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution asking European Union member states to recognize a Palestinian […]

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

How America helped create the Palestinian Authority – only to undermine it ever since

09/12/2025 By The Conversation

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

Unhoused and Policed in the Age of Trump

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Unlikelihood of a Shiite-Majority Cabinet in Iraq: 1939

Unlikelihood of a Shiite-Majority Cabinet in Iraq: 1939

A little bit of irony from the British archives on Iraq. “Muhammad al-Sadr, the President of the Senate, is believed to aspire one day to […]

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Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

Gaza 2008: Micro-Wars and Macro-Wars

With regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict, we have entered the age of micro-wars. The first wars that Israel fought with its Arab neighbors were conventional […]

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Israel Destroys American School in Gaza, Kills Guard

Israel Destroys American School in Gaza, Kills Guard

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports of Israel’s heavy artillery bombardment of densely populated Gaza on Saturday that “The American […]

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Israel invades Gaza

Israel invades Gaza

After a four-hour artillery barrage, Israeli troops moved into the northern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday. This land operation raises the same question […]

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Thousands Protest Israel, US in Kabul

Thousands Protest Israel, US in Kabul

Thousands of Afghans rallied on Friday against the Israeli attack on Gaza Three thousand protesters in Kabul burned Ehud Olmert and George W. Bush in […]

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30 Killed, 112 Wounded in Bombing; Iraqi Air Force Carries Aid to Gaza;

30 Killed, 112 Wounded in Bombing; Iraqi Air Force Carries Aid to Gaza;

A suicide belt bomber killed his own clansmen at a tribal reconciliation meeting at Yusufiya just south of Baghdad, killing at least 30 and wounding […]

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Moderates Must Give up Moderation: Jordanian Press on Gaza

Moderates Must Give up Moderation: Jordanian Press on Gaza

The USG Open Source Center paraphrases articles in the Jordanian press on the Israeli attack on Gaza. Jordan is one of only two Arab states […]

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Iraq Regains National Sovereignty; Takes Control of Green Zone, Basra Airport; MEK Terror Group to Leave

Iraq Regains National Sovereignty; Takes Control of Green Zone, Basra Airport; MEK Terror Group to Leave

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday that Iraq had “regained its national sovereignty”. It could in fact be argued that for the first time […]

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Bombing Refugee Camps in Gaza Instead of Paying the Refugees Reparations

Bombing Refugee Camps in Gaza Instead of Paying the Refugees Reparations

The news keeps reporting that the Israeli air force bombed refugee camps in Gaza. Did you ever wonder how those refugee camps got to be […]

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