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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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Displaced and Refugees
How the US continues to provide Cover for Israel's Genocide in Gaza

How the US continues to provide Cover for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains set in his plans to invade Rafah, with or without US assistance. Responding […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Change
Germany's EV Exports soar 58 percent to one Quarter of all Cars shipped Abroad

Germany’s EV Exports soar 58 percent to one Quarter of all Cars shipped Abroad

( Clean Energy Wire ) – The number of electric vehicles (EVs) exported from Germany rose sharply in 2023, meaning that EVs accounted for about […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Displaced and Refugees
Palestine and History: Macklemore v. Hillary Clinton

Palestine and History: Macklemore v. Hillary Clinton

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered herself of some ahistorical and distorted remarks about Palestine on Morning Joe, maintaining […]

Juan Cole

Anti-Zionism
Weaponizing Antisemitism

Weaponizing Antisemitism

By Ellen Cantarow and Jennifer Loewenstein | – ( Commondreams.org ) – All of us—and we are legion across the worldmust keep our eyes on […]

Common Dreams

Displaced and Refugees
Israel is not giving Aid Groups what they need to to run operational Responses the Gaza Emergency

Israel is not giving Aid Groups what they need to to run operational Responses the Gaza Emergency

By Raymond Offenheiser, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – Amid persistent calls from the United States and other countries that Israel needs […]

The Conversation

Anti-Zionism
Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation

Antisemitism and Antizionism: A Dangerous Conflation

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Antisemitism is making the headlines. The Israeli Prime Minister describes as antisemitic the accusation that Israel is committing […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Arab World
Why are Algorithms called Algorithms? A brief History of the Persian Polymath you’ve likely never Heard of

Why are Algorithms called Algorithms? A brief History of the Persian Polymath you’ve likely never Heard of

By Debbie Passey, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, […]

The Conversation

Dissent
War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young

By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a […]

Tomdispatch

Dissent
Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I on Sea Change Radio with Alex Wise. Transcript below. Or listen here: Pro-Palestinian student protests are […]

Juan Cole

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