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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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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State

Israel’s Visa refusal to Palestinian Harvard Fellow sparks calls for Boycott of Apartheid State

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has refused to grant a visa permit to one of Gaza’s highly acclaimed […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Angry White Guys in Big-Ass Pickups: Climate Change and Fragile Masculinity

Angry White Guys in Big-Ass Pickups: Climate Change and Fragile Masculinity

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – In the United States during 16 months in 2020 and 2021, vehicles rammed into groups of protesters […]

Tomdispatch

Far Right
Fueled by virtually unrestricted Social Media Access, White Nationalism is on the Rise and attracting violent young White Men

Fueled by virtually unrestricted Social Media Access, White Nationalism is on the Rise and attracting violent young White Men

By Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University | – White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, […]

The Conversation

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
The End of the "Global War on Terror":  Biden takes out Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022)

The End of the “Global War on Terror”: Biden takes out Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden announced on Monday evening that a CIA-operated drone had killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second leader of al-Qaeda […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On Friday, archives of the Israeli forces released court documents related to the […]

Middle East Monitor

Books
‘Summer with the Enemy’ by Syrian novelist Shahla Ujayli is a searing summer read

‘Summer with the Enemy’ by Syrian novelist Shahla Ujayli is a searing summer read

By Michelle Hartman, McGill University | – Wherever you spend your summer, allow yourself to be transported to Syria and immerse yourself in the world […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
How Tunisians can instill Democracy in the Face of growing Authoritarianism

How Tunisians can instill Democracy in the Face of growing Authoritarianism

By Craig Brown | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As Tunisia’s president Kais Saied takes the country down the path of authoritarianism, opponents faced […]

Waging Nonviolence

African-Americans
How Samuel Alito's Attack on Privacy Rights could Make that famous Star Trek Kiss between Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner Illegal Again

How Samuel Alito’s Attack on Privacy Rights could Make that famous Star Trek Kiss between Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner Illegal Again

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Steve Chawkins writes in the LA Times that actress Nichelle Nichols died of a heart attack on Saturday at 89 […]

Juan Cole

Celtic Religion
In Celtic Culture, August 1 is a Harvest Feast for the Sun-God, Lugh, and its Traces are All Around Us

In Celtic Culture, August 1 is a Harvest Feast for the Sun-God, Lugh, and its Traces are All Around Us

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – We are approaching August 1 which, in Scottish and Irish tradition, is the Feast of Lughnasadh (La Lunasa), […]

Hugh J. Curran

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