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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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Pentagon
The Pentagon prefers a Conventional War it Can Win, but is likely stuck with Guerrilla Wars it Can’t

The Pentagon prefers a Conventional War it Can Win, but is likely stuck with Guerrilla Wars it Can’t

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The future isn’t what it used to be. As a teenager in the 1970s, I watched a lot of TV science […]

William J. Astore

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Iraq Announces end of US Combat Mission in Iraq, further reduction in 2,500 Troops now There

Iraq Announces end of US Combat Mission in Iraq, further reduction in 2,500 Troops now There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iraqi News Agency reports that Qasim al-Araji, Iraq’s National Security Adviser, said on Wednesday that his country had reached […]

Juan Cole

Books
Mrs. Hemingway, Israel, and the Palestinians

Mrs. Hemingway, Israel, and the Palestinians

Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment) – In the current PBS series on Ernest Hemingway’s life and work, Martha Gellhorn, the journalist and novelist who […]

Shalom Goldman

International Criminal Court
Lifting Trump's sanctions on the Int'l Criminal Court doesn't go Far Enough: The US must uphold International Law

Lifting Trump’s sanctions on the Int’l Criminal Court doesn’t go Far Enough: The US must uphold International Law

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When the loony right gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference back in February, the theme of the Trump-heavy […]

John Feffer

Islam
Islamic Judaism?  (Video)

Islamic Judaism? (Video)

John Tolan | Emir-Stein Center “In the 19th century, some Jewish scholars in Central Europe looked to early Islam and in particular to the Prophet […]

Emir-Stein Center

Militarization
After the Chauvin Trial, Can Police Culture escape Toxic Masculinity and 'Warrior Cops'?

After the Chauvin Trial, Can Police Culture escape Toxic Masculinity and ‘Warrior Cops’?

By Angela Workman-Stark | – The police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd is currently on trial in Minneapolis amid continued […]

The Conversation

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How to understand Indirect US-Iran Nuclear Talks at Vienna:  Iran wants US to get its Knee off Tehran's Neck, Chauvin style, First

How to understand Indirect US-Iran Nuclear Talks at Vienna: Iran wants US to get its Knee off Tehran’s Neck, Chauvin style, First

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The current signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (Joint Plan of Comprehensive Action or JCPOA) met in Vienna Tuesday […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – This Republican apoplexy over Major League Baseball (MLB) taking the All-Star game out of Atlanta is hilarious on […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
The Biden administration talks Equality and 2 States, but are Occupied Palestinians any Less Oppressed?

The Biden administration talks Equality and 2 States, but are Occupied Palestinians any Less Oppressed?

( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Joe Biden may be returning the country to the two-state paradigm, but the inequalities between Israelis and […]

Ramona Wadi

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