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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

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CO2 highest in a Million Years, Seas Rising, and a new “Ocean” arises in Flood-Hit Pakistan

CO2 highest in a Million Years, Seas Rising, and a new “Ocean” arises in Flood-Hit Pakistan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – CNN reports that satellite photos show that the overflowing Indus has created a new body of water in southern Pakistan […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Israel is worried about a possible Clash with Washington over the Iran Nuclear Deal

Israel is worried about a possible Clash with Washington over the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the countdown begins for the signing of a nuclear agreement between Iran […]

Middle East Monitor

Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory Legacy of Soviet Leader who attempted ‘Revolution from Above

Mikhail Gorbachev: The contradictory Legacy of Soviet Leader who attempted ‘Revolution from Above

Mikhail Gorbachev was a contradictory figure; his legacy, complex. Hailed in the West as a democrat and liberator of his people – which he genuinely […]

Ronald Suny

Iran
Iran has Reached out to the US many Times, and often been Rebuffed by Washington

Iran has Reached out to the US many Times, and often been Rebuffed by Washington

( Detailed Political Quizzes) – In an August 14, 2022, New York Times Opinion piece (“How the United States Misunderstands Iran”), Karim Sadjadpour, a senior […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

Afghanistan
That Time Gorbachev Announced Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan and US went on Building up Muslim Fundamentalists there Anyway, leading to 9/11

That Time Gorbachev Announced Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan and US went on Building up Muslim Fundamentalists there Anyway, leading to 9/11

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing yesterday at age 91 is a good occasion to review some of the profound mistakes of the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
6-year-old Palestinian dies after Israel denies him Access to Treatment outside Gaza

6-year-old Palestinian dies after Israel denies him Access to Treatment outside Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – A press release issued by Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights condemned the discriminatory restriction […]

Middle East Monitor

Corruption
Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security

Mar-a-Lago search Warrant Affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised National Security

By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University | – The Justice Department on Aug. 26, 2022, released an affidavit written by an FBI special agent […]

The Conversation

Health
Medicare Dis-Advantage: Shortchanging the Patients While Enriching the Insurer

Medicare Dis-Advantage: Shortchanging the Patients While Enriching the Insurer

By Leonard Rodberg | – ( Commondreams.org) – Advocates of universal health care are currently battling the effort by corporate forces, both outside and within […]

Common Dreams

Democratic Party
MAGA GOP Complains about Biden's "Semi-Fascism" Jibe; Also MAGA GOP: There will be Blood in the Streets

MAGA GOP Complains about Biden’s “Semi-Fascism” Jibe; Also MAGA GOP: There will be Blood in the Streets

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden told donors at a fundraising dinner a few days ago, “”The MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our […]

Juan Cole

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