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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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Israel/ Palestine
Moral Passion over Gaza and the Extremes of Protest

Moral Passion over Gaza and the Extremes of Protest

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It began with Aaron Bushnell and a visceral response of mine: Why would anyone do such a thing? […]

Tomdispatch

Israel/ Palestine
Hopes for Gaza Ceasefire Fade Again

Hopes for Gaza Ceasefire Fade Again

Sam Phelps, The Conversation | – Northern and central Gaza have been hit by Israeli airstrikes this week as troops return to battle Hamas fighters […]

The Conversation

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Why are Tunisia's Relations with Iran Warming Up?

Why are Tunisia’s Relations with Iran Warming Up?

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Tunisia’s President Kais Said has strengthened relations between Tunisia and Iran are to an unprecedented level. Tunisia, in […]

Mohamed Jegham

Israel/ Palestine
Settled: How the Israeli Extreme Right has Achieved Victory

Settled: How the Israeli Extreme Right has Achieved Victory

By Ellen Cantarow ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1979, I made the first of what would turn out to be decades of periodic visits to […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
The Push To Recognize 'Gender Apartheid' As A Crime

The Push To Recognize ‘Gender Apartheid’ As A Crime

Written by Michael Scollon with reporting by RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi | – (

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
New Labour Government in UK Unleashes Onshore Wind, with 61% of British Electricity now Low-Carbon

New Labour Government in UK Unleashes Onshore Wind, with 61% of British Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Labour government in Britain last week took steps to remove the ban on onshore wind farms instituted by […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
At Least 90 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Massacre in 'Safe Zone' of al-Mawasi

At Least 90 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Massacre in ‘Safe Zone’ of al-Mawasi

By Julia Conley ( Commondreams.org ) – The United Nations’ top expert on human rights in Palestine condemned the Israeli military as it resorted to […]

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near Miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near Miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell | – With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
From "Hang Mike Pence," to "Paul Pelosi Hammered" to "Shooting Trump" -- Political Violence is Deadly to Democracy

From “Hang Mike Pence,” to “Paul Pelosi Hammered” to “Shooting Trump” — Political Violence is Deadly to Democracy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American politics has entered the most dangerous phase of its nearly 250-year existence, with the assassination attempt on Donald J. […]

Juan Cole

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