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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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Progressives in Congress: Biden must do More to End Saudi War on Yemen, as Starvation Stalks its Children

Progressives in Congress: Biden must do More to End Saudi War on Yemen, as Starvation Stalks its Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden says he wants to end the Yemen war, but eight months in, he has not made a dent […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
‘Sindyanna of Galilee’: Extending the olive branch between Arabs and Israelis

‘Sindyanna of Galilee’: Extending the olive branch between Arabs and Israelis

By Coco Cresswell | – ( Globalvoices.org) – In 1996 Hadas Lahav, a Jewish Israeli social activist, had a vision: a future of Arab-Israeli coexistence. […]

Global Voices

Government surveillance
I’ll be Watching You:  Military Dependents under Surveillance

I’ll be Watching You: Military Dependents under Surveillance

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – I know what it means to be watched all too carefully, a phenomenon that’s only grown […]

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Inequality
Could Lebanon, Looted and mismanaged by its Plutocrats, become a Failed State?

Could Lebanon, Looted and mismanaged by its Plutocrats, become a Failed State?

By Tony Walker | – In the midst of a pandemic that has wrenched the world off its axis, Lebanon’s precipitous decline has not received […]

The Conversation

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Epitaph for a Failed US Occupation: The Late Gen. Odierno's Arch-Nemesis Muqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq

Epitaph for a Failed US Occupation: The Late Gen. Odierno’s Arch-Nemesis Muqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The elections in Iraq have brought it briefly back into U.S. headlines, though it is a long time since Americans […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghan women have a long history of taking leadership and fighting for their rights

Afghan women have a long history of taking leadership and fighting for their rights

By Wazhmah Osman and Helena Zeweri | – Ever since the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan, the question in much of the Western media has been, “What […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
President Biden reverses Trump cuts to national monuments sacred to Native Americans, restores Bears Ears

President Biden reverses Trump cuts to national monuments sacred to Native Americans, restores Bears Ears

By Diannie Chavez | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden restored Bears Ears National Monument to its previous 1.36 million-acres footprint […]

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Climate Crisis
To  end Fossil Fuels, take the Fight directly to the Corporations - That's how Apartheid Fell

To end Fossil Fuels, take the Fight directly to the Corporations – That’s how Apartheid Fell

By Donna Katzin | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – On September 9, Harvard University President Larry Bacow heralded the university’s commitment to shift […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
No, Renewables didn't cause the Global Energy Crisis; Strangling Iranian Gas and failing to put in Enough Wind and Solar Did

No, Renewables didn’t cause the Global Energy Crisis; Strangling Iranian Gas and failing to put in Enough Wind and Solar Did

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the world starts back up after the pandemic, the price of energy is spiking, as Pippa Stevens at CNBC […]

Juan Cole

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