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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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Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq’s oil?

Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq’s oil?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – When the George W. Bush administration launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003, many believed the campaign’s main goal […]

Nikola Mikovic

Climate Crisis
The Fires This Time:  A Climate View from California

The Fires This Time: A Climate View from California

( Tomdispatch.com) – In San Francisco, we’re finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city’s residents over 12 fully vaccinated, for […]

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The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

By Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | – ( Scientific American ) – The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols […]

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Climate Crisis
Gasoline and Coal's Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth's All-Time Record Heat

Gasoline and Coal’s Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth’s All-Time Record Heat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gasoline demand in the U.S. rebounded vigorously in the week leading up to the 4th of July, to an average […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

( Middle East Monitor ) – This week, Israel’s Parliament the Knesset failed to pass an extension to Israel’s racist marriage law. The law bars […]

Asa Winstanley

censorship
Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

( Al-Bab.com) – Facebook reported this week that it removed 2,784 accounts in June for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. Among those, 947 related to countries in […]

Brian Whitaker

Food Security
40% of the World’s People, 3 billion Souls, cannot Afford a Healthy Diet

40% of the World’s People, 3 billion Souls, cannot Afford a Healthy Diet

By William A. Masters and Anna Herforth | – ( The Conversation ) – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans […]

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UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Palestine slams Israeli Squatter-Settlements as 'War Crime,' Urges Practical Punishment

UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Palestine slams Israeli Squatter-Settlements as ‘War Crime,’ Urges Practical Punishment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Canadian academic and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Ugly Truth: The Republican Party is trying to Outlaw Democracy

The Ugly Truth: The Republican Party is trying to Outlaw Democracy

( Otherwords.org ) – Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his own […]

Jim Hightower

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