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

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

09/12/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Many Female Voters see Turkey's May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women's Rights

Many Female Voters see Turkey’s May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women’s Rights

Written byArzu Geybullayeva   ( Globalvoices.org) – In a report that was published in 2007 by European Stability Initiative, a think tank, Turkey’s ruling Justice […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Corporations
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – We’ve just passed through tax time again. (Unless, like me, you live in one of several states ravaged by recent extreme weather […]

Rebecca Gordon

Authoritarianism
Neither Iran nor Israel Needs Dictatorship: The Bad Joke of Pretender to a non-Existent Throne Kowtowing to Netanyahu

Neither Iran nor Israel Needs Dictatorship: The Bad Joke of Pretender to a non-Existent Throne Kowtowing to Netanyahu

Newark, Delaware (Feature — Special to Informed Comment) – The recent visit of Reza Pahlavi to Israel and his meeting with PM Netanyahu raise many […]

Fariba Amini

China
Why the world should take Notice as Saudi Arabia joins Chinese Alliance – and how this relates to Taiwan

Why the world should take Notice as Saudi Arabia joins Chinese Alliance – and how this relates to Taiwan

By Andrew MacLeod, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – Saudi Arabia’s cabinet recently approved the decision to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
In its First 100 Days, Israel's New Netanyahu  Gov't Crashes and Burns

In its First 100 Days, Israel’s New Netanyahu Gov’t Crashes and Burns

Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2   ( Middle East Monitor ) – The deteriorating security situation has given Israelis a great opportunity to list the failures of […]

Middle East Monitor

Houthi
Yemen Must Release Arbitrarily Detained People (HRW)

Yemen Must Release Arbitrarily Detained People (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – All parties to the conflict in Yemen should immediately release anyone arbitrarily detained and to reveal what happened to […]

Human Rights Watch

Corruption
Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill

Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill

Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) – Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been the “King and Queen of Conflict of Interest” since his controversial […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Antarctica
Antarctica’s Heart of Ice has skipped a Beat. The only Medicine is Halting Fossil Fuels

Antarctica’s Heart of Ice has skipped a Beat. The only Medicine is Halting Fossil Fuels

By Edward Doddridge, University of Tasmania | – (The Conversation) – The rhythmic expansion and contraction of Antarctic sea ice is like a heartbeat. But […]

The Conversation

Chemical Weapons
Will the West Turn Ukraine into a Nuclear Battlefield?  Why Depleted Uranium Should Have No Place There

Will the West Turn Ukraine into a Nuclear Battlefield? Why Depleted Uranium Should Have No Place There

By Joshua Frank | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – It’s sure to be a blood-soaked spring in Ukraine. Russia’s winter offensive fell far short of Vladimir […]

Tomdispatch

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