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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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IPC warns of Imminent Israeli-caused Famine in Gaza, with 133K facing “Catastrophic Food Insecurity”

IPC warns of Imminent Israeli-caused Famine in Gaza, with 133K facing “Catastrophic Food Insecurity”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli occupation forces storming a church in the Sanctuary of the […]

Middle East Monitor

Education
Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Protesting Flawed Disciplinary Process toward Student Protesters at Swarthmore

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Valerie Smith President Swarthmore College president@swarthmore.edu Dear President Smith and colleagues: We write on […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War

Conservative Muslim Cleric in North Gaza denounces Hamas for violating Islamic Laws of War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rushdi Abualouf of the BBC reported on a new fatwa or considered legal opinion issued by the conservative Salafi scholar […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

Targeting UNRWA Could Harm Israel’s Own Interests

srael is strengthening the case of those who question its international legitimacy

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
Extreme Weather has already cost Vulnerable Island Nations $141 Billion

Extreme Weather has already cost Vulnerable Island Nations $141 Billion

Emily Wilkinson, ODI Global; Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Matt Bishop, University of Sheffield, and Vikrant Panwar, ODI Global (The […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Netanyahu, Delirious at Trump’s Return, Dumps his Defense Minister to Pursue Complete Occupation of Gaza

Netanyahu, Delirious at Trump’s Return, Dumps his Defense Minister to Pursue Complete Occupation of Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It was no coincidence that Israeli PM Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu chose the US Election Day to fire […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Democratic Party
Gaza:   Harris lost because her Party represented War Mongering, Q.E.D.

Gaza: Harris lost because her Party represented War Mongering, Q.E.D.

( The Times of Israel) – My beloved grandmother Savta Greta z”l often liked to use the acronym “Q.E.D.”  – an abbreviation of the Latin […]

Shamai Leibowitz

Donald Trump
A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As the dust settles over election day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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