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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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Don't Compare Texas Abortion law to Islamic Law:  Most Muslims are and have been More Liberal

Don’t Compare Texas Abortion law to Islamic Law: Most Muslims are and have been More Liberal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Texas “heartbeat law” banning abortion after six weeks has prompted comparisons of Texas evangelicals to Afghanistan’s Taliban. There is […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians are newly Unified, demonstrating against Israeli Colonial Violence and Expulsion from Jerusalem

Palestinians are newly Unified, demonstrating against Israeli Colonial Violence and Expulsion from Jerusalem

( Middle East Monitor) – In terms of state-building and diplomatic negotiations, the occupied West Bank has been perceived in starkly different terms from Gaza. […]

Ramona Wadi

Afghanistan
Will the End of the Afghanistan War provoke Reconsideration of American Militarism?

Will the End of the Afghanistan War provoke Reconsideration of American Militarism?

By David Bacon | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Many in the U.S. media continue to credit the good intentions of the U.S. […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
Why Ida Dumped Unprecedented Floodwaters on NYC, Northeast: It was Global Heating from Burning Fossil Fuels

Why Ida Dumped Unprecedented Floodwaters on NYC, Northeast: It was Global Heating from Burning Fossil Fuels

By Russ Schumacher | – Record downpours from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed cities across the Northeast on Sept. 1, 2021, hitting some with more than 3 […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Why We Need Electric Cars:  Climate-driven Hurricane Ida Knocked out Gulf Oil Production, 1/5 of US Refinery Capacity

Why We Need Electric Cars: Climate-driven Hurricane Ida Knocked out Gulf Oil Production, 1/5 of US Refinery Capacity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Louisiana’s petroleum refineries are out of action in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Refineries run on electricity, and electricity has […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan: Did the Mighty, Cutting-Edge US Military Machine founder on Guerrillas' humble Improvised Explosive Devices?

Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan: Did the Mighty, Cutting-Edge US Military Machine founder on Guerrillas’ humble Improvised Explosive Devices?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Victory always seems to be just around the corner or at the end of the tunnel, until […]

John Buell

Afghanistan
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

By Neta C. Crawford | – The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Did President Biden privately demand far Right Israeli PM Bennett stop expulsion of E Jerusalem Palestinians?

Did President Biden privately demand far Right Israeli PM Bennett stop expulsion of E Jerusalem Palestinians?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – According to Israel’s Channel 12 TV channel, in the middle of last month Prime […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Biden: Afghanistan Withdrawal is "about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries"

Biden: Afghanistan Withdrawal is “about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the end of the war in Afghanistan. I saw the Neoconservative Bill Kristol on […]

Juan Cole

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