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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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Iran: Overseer of Mass Executions Elected President: Further Erosion of Political Rights, Accountability

Iran: Overseer of Mass Executions Elected President: Further Erosion of Political Rights, Accountability

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – The victory of Ebrahim Raeesi, Iran’s judiciary chief, on June 19, 2021, in a presidential election that was neither […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
As we continue to burn Gasoline, Coal, Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

As we continue to burn Gasoline, Coal, Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

By Philip Higuera, Bryan Shuman and Kyra Wolf | – The exceptional drought in the U.S. West has people across the region on edge after […]

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Iran's Leading Candidate for President is a far right Notorious Hanging Judge

Iran’s Leading Candidate for President is a far right Notorious Hanging Judge

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Polling suggests that Ebrahim Raisi will likely win Iran’s presidential election. So who is he? An official Iranian point of […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As new Israeli Gov't Bombs Gaza, Relations with Palestine are on a Knife Edge-- and will Stay There

As new Israeli Gov’t Bombs Gaza, Relations with Palestine are on a Knife Edge– and will Stay There

By Tony Walker | – ( The Conversation) – The Israel-Palestine conflict has experienced its first violent spasm in the term of a new Israeli […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Right Wing Americans Tell me to Go Back Home; as a Palestinian, I wish I Could

Right Wing Americans Tell me to Go Back Home; as a Palestinian, I wish I Could

By Layla Darwish | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I was taking part in a recent protest in California, proudly waving my Palestinian […]

Middle East Monitor

Haredim
The Real Danger of Israel’s New Government

The Real Danger of Israel’s New Government

By Phyllis Bennis | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The new Israeli government takes office already largely paralyzed. With eight diverse parties, they […]

Phyllis Bennis

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If Hard Liner Raisi wins Iran's Presidential Election, he has Trump to Thank

If Hard Liner Raisi wins Iran’s Presidential Election, he has Trump to Thank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – June 18 is election day in Iran. There are two main candidates for president, the arch-conservative Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s chief […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Conservative hard-liner poised to be Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal

Conservative hard-liner poised to be Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal

By Nader Habibi | – ( The Conversation ) | – Iran’s conservative rulers’ effort to orchestrate the outcome of the June 18 presidential election […]

The Conversation

Antisemitism
5 ways to push antisemites and the Alt-Right out of the Palestinian solidarity movement

5 ways to push antisemites and the Alt-Right out of the Palestinian solidarity movement

By Shane Burley | – With support for Palestinian freedom hitting a new level, intentional strategies are needed to stop white nationalists looking to hijack […]

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