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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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Biden's Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Biden’s Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Arabic reports that Saudi Twitter has gone wild with responses to the apparent sidelining by President Biden of Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

By Osama Othman | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers have become more frequent in the occupied West Bank. One […]

Middle East Monitor

US Foreign Policy
'An Obstructive Body' and 'menace to liberties': How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

‘An Obstructive Body’ and ‘menace to liberties’: How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate’s approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even […]

John Feffer

India
Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers' protests are being called a 'satyagraha' – which means 'embracing the truth'

Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers’ protests are being called a ‘satyagraha’ – which means ’embracing the truth’

By Sumit Ganguly | – For the past few months, farmers protesting in India’s capital, New Delhi, have been demanding the repeal of three farm […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party has had a lock on Texas politics for over two decades, and has reduced it to a […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

( Al-Bab.com) – The US State Department confirmed on Friday that it is revoking a last-minute decision by the Trump administration to designate Yemen’s Houthi […]

Brian Whitaker

Joe Biden
'Indian Country' is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

‘Indian Country’ is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

By Traci Morris | – President Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to lead the Department of the Interior is historic […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?   Not Those of Poor Americans, That’s For Sure

Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America? Not Those of Poor Americans, That’s For Sure

By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In June 1990, future South African President Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress only […]

Liz Theoharis

Epidemics
Israel stops Palestinians of Gaza from getting 2K doses of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine

Israel stops Palestinians of Gaza from getting 2K doses of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine

Update. On Wednesday Feb. 17, Israel finally permitted 1,000 doses into Gaza, despite an earlier temptation to play politics with the pandemic. Ann Arbor (Informed […]

Juan Cole

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