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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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Human-Caused Climate Change will cut your Paycheck by a Fifth over the next 26 Years

Human-Caused Climate Change will cut your Paycheck by a Fifth over the next 26 Years

By Julian Wettengel | – Clean Energy Wire ) – The damaging effects of climate change are set to hit economic growth severely across most […]

Clean Energy Wire

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The Irony: Israel's Supporters use "anti-Woke" Playbook to censor Palestinian Voices

The Irony: Israel’s Supporters use “anti-Woke” Playbook to censor Palestinian Voices

By Nasim Ahmed | – In recent years, a new line of attack has emerged from many pro-Israel groups, conservative commentators, politicians and activists – […]

Middle East Monitor

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Red Lines and Rockets: Reframing the War on Gaza

Red Lines and Rockets: Reframing the War on Gaza

Madison, Wisconsin (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Barely a day after Iran fired drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles westward across the desert skies towards […]

Jennifer Loewenstein

Iran
Israel's Limited Attack on Iran Appears Aimed at De-Escalating Conflict

Israel’s Limited Attack on Iran Appears Aimed at De-Escalating Conflict

By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/RL ) – Israel had vowed to make Iran pay for Tehran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on April 13. But […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Islam
Learning about Patience and Impatience: Top Three Principles from the Great Sufi Scholar al-Ghazali

Learning about Patience and Impatience: Top Three Principles from the Great Sufi Scholar al-Ghazali

By Liz Bucar, Northeastern University | – From childhood, we are told that patience is a virtue and that good things will come to those […]

The Conversation

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Israel and Iran: Itching for War, Playing with Fire

Israel and Iran: Itching for War, Playing with Fire

Newark, Delaware (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long wanted war with Iran and has all along been trying […]

Fariba Amini

Anti-intellectualism
Expressing Outrage at USC over its Decision to cancel Asna Tabassum’s Valedictory Address at Commencement

Expressing Outrage at USC over its Decision to cancel Asna Tabassum’s Valedictory Address at Commencement

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Carol Folt President, University of Southern California president@usc.edu Andrew Guzman Provost, University of Southern […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? When Democracies Die, Mobs Take Over

Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? When Democracies Die, Mobs Take Over

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Haiti has descended into chaos. It’s had no president or parliament — and no elections either –for eight long years. Its […]

John Feffer

Bill of Rights
In Fit of anti-Palestinian Hatred, Congress tries to Outlaw "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free"

In Fit of anti-Palestinian Hatred, Congress tries to Outlaw “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chanting of the phrase “From the river to the […]

Juan Cole

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