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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

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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What the Escalating Yemen War means for Iran, Israel and the United Arab Emirates

What the Escalating Yemen War means for Iran, Israel and the United Arab Emirates

By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | – Over the past year, a new phase of violence has emerged in war-torn Yemen between the Saudi-led coalition and the […]

Middle East Monitor

China
China is meeting its Climate Targets, but Earth needs Beijing to be more Ambitious

China is meeting its Climate Targets, but Earth needs Beijing to be more Ambitious

By Phillip Stalley | – When it comes to climate change, no nation is more important than China. It consumes more coal than the rest […]

The Conversation

Featured
The Great Disruption Begins: Global Market Share of Electric Cars doubles in a Year, Triples in Two

The Great Disruption Begins: Global Market Share of Electric Cars doubles in a Year, Triples in Two

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – International Energy Agency analysts Leonardo Paoli and Timur Gül write that, globally, electric car sales more than doubled in 2021 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

By Haroro J. Ingram, Amira Jadoon, and Andrew Mines | – An overnight raid conducted by U.S. special forces in Syria has resulted in the […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Human Rights in Prolonged Occupation: Israel's Treatment of Palestinians (HRW)

Human Rights in Prolonged Occupation: Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch ) – This memorandum provides an overview of several of Human Rights Watch’s central concerns with respect to the Israeli government’s […]

Human Rights Watch

Pentagon
What a Waste, and You’re Paying for it: $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting

What a Waste, and You’re Paying for it: $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting

( Tomdispatch.com) – 2021 was another banner year for the military-industrial complex, as Congress signed off on a near-record $778 billion in spending for the […]

William D. Hartung

Epidemics
The Boosted are 97 times less likely to die of Covid, as Republican Party Death Cult Kills Tens of Thousands

The Boosted are 97 times less likely to die of Covid, as Republican Party Death Cult Kills Tens of Thousands

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States has failed Covid. Compared to most other industrialized countries, its per capita rate of infection and death […]

Juan Cole

European Union
Despite the U.S. Hype about an "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is not Ready to Risk War

Despite the U.S. Hype about an “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is not Ready to Risk War

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – Russia seems to be giving up on the “ultimatum” it issued to the United States in December. After Washington […]

Nikola Mikovic

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Claims to be a Democracy ring Hollow as Amnesty Finds it an Apartheid State

Israel’s Claims to be a Democracy ring Hollow as Amnesty Finds it an Apartheid State

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Amnesty International became the latest human rights group to label Israel an apartheid state. […]

Middle East Monitor

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