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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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“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole

“Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza:” Peter Beinart in Conversation with Juan Cole

Peter Beinart in conversation with Juan Cole on Beinart’s book, “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning”; Program in Arab and Muslim American […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

By Rachel Rosen, UCL and Mai Abu Moghli, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (The Conversation) – A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Free Online Films on Palestine

Free Online Films on Palestine

A colleague writes to the University of Michigan Academic Freedom Network: In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have […]

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Israel’s Renewed Gaza Genocide on Black Tuesday: 420 Dead (175 Children) and 540 Wounded

Israel’s Renewed Gaza Genocide on Black Tuesday: 420 Dead (175 Children) and 540 Wounded

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli airstrikes shattered the supposed ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday, dropping heaving munitions […]

Juan Cole

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Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil

Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil

Note from Juan Cole: I used to write letters to totalitarian governments on behalf of Amnesty International complaining about their detention of political prisoners for […]

Mahmoud Khalil

Artificial Intelligence
The New Age Militarists –  And their Threat to our Common Future

The New Age Militarists – And their Threat to our Common Future

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: […]

William D. Hartung

Academic Freedom
Columbia University must Reject Trump Ultimatum and Stand up at long last for the Freedom and Independence of the Academy

Columbia University must Reject Trump Ultimatum and Stand up at long last for the Freedom and Independence of the Academy

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Dr. Katrina Armstrong Interim President, Columbia University officeofthepresident@columbia.edu   David Greenwald Claire Shipman Co-Chairs, […]

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Trump’s Air War on Yemen Escalates as Civilian Population Suffers Food Insecurity, Cholera Epidemic

Trump’s Air War on Yemen Escalates as Civilian Population Suffers Food Insecurity, Cholera Epidemic

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration began bombing Yemen last weekend, when the US Air Force launched 47 air raids on at least […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Palestinians Suffer as Netanyahu pins hopes on Fickle US President

Gaza Palestinians Suffer as Netanyahu pins hopes on Fickle US President

Paul Rogers ( openDemocracy.net ) – Trump has backtracked since meeting with Netanyahu last month Why was Donald Trump’s suggestion on turning Gaza into a […]

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