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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

09/21/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

09/21/2025 By Global Voices

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Colonial Pipeline Failure Shows Electric Cars and Solar Panels are Key to US Security; How Petroleum Uncertainty Fueled World Wars

Colonial Pipeline Failure Shows Electric Cars and Solar Panels are Key to US Security; How Petroleum Uncertainty Fueled World Wars

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Colonial pipeline hack has interrupted gasoline supplies brought from Texas to the Southeast. People are hoarding, and long gasoline […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Can President Biden's planned Waiving of Covid Vaccination Patents: begin a grassroots movement against Big Pharma?

Can President Biden’s planned Waiving of Covid Vaccination Patents: begin a grassroots movement against Big Pharma?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – When the Biden Administration announced it would no longer oppose suspension of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
Why Palestinians Protest their Eviction by Israel: The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah

Why Palestinians Protest their Eviction by Israel: The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah

There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories. One is read about and watched on the news, the other receives little media coverage or due analysis. […]

Middle East Monitor

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Why the Pentagon Budget Never Goes Down: Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize

Why the Pentagon Budget Never Goes Down: Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize

By Mandy Smithberger | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s administration have come and gone. While somewhat exaggerated, that […]

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What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter?  That's how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter? That’s how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of the most outrageous Israeli actions against the Palestinians of East Jerusalem during the past week has been the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Repression and Land Grabs, and the Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem

Israeli Repression and Land Grabs, and the Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Violence has become a permanent feature of Ramadan for the people of occupied Palestine. […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan:   Fundamentalist Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan: Fundamentalist Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

By Heather Barr | Interim Co-Director, Women’s Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Scenes from Sayed ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]

Human Rights Watch

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Our Climate Future is on a Spectrum, Depending on What we Do Now; How Bad could it Get?

Our Climate Future is on a Spectrum, Depending on What we Do Now; How Bad could it Get?

By Mark Maslin | – The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat – people are now living with the consequences of centuries of […]

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How Biden Enabled Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian E. Jerusalem by affirming Trump move of US Embassy There

How Biden Enabled Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian E. Jerusalem by affirming Trump move of US Embassy There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The post of U.S. ambassador to Israel is still vacant, but the charge d’affaires, Jonathan Shrier, sent over some objections […]

Juan Cole

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