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76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
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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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The West has Long Demanded of Palestinians what Trump Demanded of Ukraine — and More

The West has Long Demanded of Palestinians what Trump Demanded of Ukraine — and More

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – David Smith of The Guardian reminds us that Trump is a fan of World Wrestling Federation matches, in attempting to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The lost ‘Arab’: Gaza and the evolving Language of the Palestinian Struggle

The lost ‘Arab’: Gaza and the evolving Language of the Palestinian Struggle

( Middle East Monitor ) – Language matters. Aside from its immediate impact on our perception of great political events, including war, language also defines […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
Trump’s war on Climate Science is pushing us into a Dystopian Future

Trump’s war on Climate Science is pushing us into a Dystopian Future

By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University (The Conversation) – US President Donald Trump’s latest war on the climate includes withdrawing support for any research […]

The Conversation

Christianity
Why White Christian Nationalists are Freaked out: Liberals are More likely to be Non-Religious than Christian

Why White Christian Nationalists are Freaked out: Liberals are More likely to be Non-Religious than Christian

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ironically, White Christian nationalism has captured the U.S. government despite its steep decline in popularity among the public. The Pew […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental Damage − Can it Recover?

Israel’s bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental Damage − Can it Recover?

By Lesley Joseph, University of South Carolina (The Conversation) – The war in Gaza has come with an awful cost. Tens of thousands of Palestinian […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How the Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy

How the Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy

By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump’s power has thrived on the economics, politics, and culture of war. The runaway militarism of the last […]

Norman Solomon

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Germany: A Not-So-Green Departing Government, A Future Coalition even Less Ambitious on Climate?

Germany: A Not-So-Green Departing Government, A Future Coalition even Less Ambitious on Climate?

Zwickau/Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– When Germans voted in a national election in September 2021, 33% of the population considered that the environment […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s West Bank Offensive looks very much like a Prelude to Annexation

Israel’s West Bank Offensive looks very much like a Prelude to Annexation

by Rabia Ali ( Middle East Monitor ) – As its armed forces intensify their assault on the northern West Bank, concerns are mounting over […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel
Israel escalates strikes in Syria amid post-Assad transition: A pattern of regional expansion

Israel escalates strikes in Syria amid post-Assad transition: A pattern of regional expansion

Written byWalid El Houri ( Globalvoices.org ) – On February 25, 2025, as Syria’s new government convened a national dialogue to chart the nation’s future […]

Global Voices

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