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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

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  Why some Sufis drink Wine

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Why some Sufis drink Wine

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day A search for good times isn’t why we drink: Wine’s not for going rogue or faithlessness. We […]

Juan Cole

China
Trump keeps trying to Blame China for his Bungling on Coronavirus: Enough with the Conspiracy Theories

Trump keeps trying to Blame China for his Bungling on Coronavirus: Enough with the Conspiracy Theories

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Conspiracy theorists never let a crisis go to waste. When something truly terrible happens, the conspiracy theorist sets to […]

John Feffer

Epidemics
Believe it or Not:  Fighting the Coronavirus depends on Keeping our Oceans Healthy

Believe it or Not: Fighting the Coronavirus depends on Keeping our Oceans Healthy

By Torsten Thiele, Marie-Christine Imbert and Timothy Bouley |- ( China Dialogue ) – We must think about how we emerge in a new and […]

China Dialogue

Israel Lobbies
Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University?

Is Sympathy for the Plight of Occupied Palestinians winning the American University?

By Hatem Bazian | – ( Al Shabakah) – Palestine Legal recently published a report noting that the majority of suppression of Palestine advocacy in […]

Al-Shabaka

Donald Trump
Top 5 Reasons Trump's West Wing May be Emerging as a Coronavirus Epicenter

Top 5 Reasons Trump’s West Wing May be Emerging as a Coronavirus Epicenter

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jana Winter and Hunter Walker at Yahoo News broke the story that 11 Secret Service agents have tested positive for […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump and Biden on the Middle East

Trump and Biden on the Middle East

( 48hills.org) – We all know that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been a disaster. But is Joe Biden’s any better? Trump promised to […]

Reese Erlich

Epidemics
The Middle East was beset by Terrorism; now it Faces Coronavirus and Economic Freefall

The Middle East was beset by Terrorism; now it Faces Coronavirus and Economic Freefall

By Colin Powers| – ( Inequality.org ) – As acutely as COVID-19 and related policy responses are widening inequality in the United States, the pandemic’s […]

Inequality.org

Climate Crisis
Why it doesn’t make Economic Sense to Ignore Climate Change in our Recovery from the Epidemic

Why it doesn’t make Economic Sense to Ignore Climate Change in our Recovery from the Epidemic

By Anna Skarbek| – It will be tempting for some to overlook the climate change challenge in the rush to restart the economy after the […]

The Conversation

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Top 5 Ways Netanyahu's Annexation of 30% of Palestinian West Bank will Devastate Israel

Top 5 Ways Netanyahu’s Annexation of 30% of Palestinian West Bank will Devastate Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that, despite being indicted for corruption and press manipulation, Binyamin Netanyahu can take office […]

Juan Cole

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