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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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Lebanon
From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

From Ukraine to Lebanon, a tale of two Marias

On a fateful day in February 2022, Ibrahim al-Marashi found himself praying in two religions for two Marias. In a world where narcissism and conflict […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Climate Crisis
Is there a Place for Dams and Hydropower to combat Global Heating?

Is there a Place for Dams and Hydropower to combat Global Heating?

By Joshua Frank

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Canada
Gov. Hochul's Canada Genocide Fantasy and the War of 1812

Gov. Hochul’s Canada Genocide Fantasy and the War of 1812

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – New York Governor Kathleen Courtney Hochul, a sixth-generation Irish-American, spoke on Thursday to a Jewish philanthropy in her state. In […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The leading ‘Day After’ Plans for Palestine-Israel are doomed: Progressives can Do Better

The leading ‘Day After’ Plans for Palestine-Israel are doomed: Progressives can Do Better

Andy Bichlbaum  The Palestine solidarity movement has been an important voice for justice in recent months. It has mobilized millions behind the call for a […]

Waging Nonviolence

Arctic
If melting Glaciers shut down the Atlantic Gulf Stream, Extreme Climate Change Catastrophes will Follow

If melting Glaciers shut down the Atlantic Gulf Stream, Extreme Climate Change Catastrophes will Follow

By René van Westen, Utrecht University; Henk A. Dijkstra, Utrecht University; and Michael Kliphuis, Utrecht University | – Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
A majority of Jewish Democrats and Muslim Democrats agree on one Thing: Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

A majority of Jewish Democrats and Muslim Democrats agree on one Thing: Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a Muslim-American think tank based in Michigan, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Number of Solar Batteries doubles to over One Million in Germany in 2023

Number of Solar Batteries doubles to over One Million in Germany in 2023

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s boom in stationary batteries linked to solar PV systems accelerated last year, doubling […]

Clean Energy Wire

Israel/ Palestine
International Court of Justice to Review 57-Year Israeli Occupation

International Court of Justice to Review 57-Year Israeli Occupation

Human Rights Watch – (The Hague) – An unprecedented number of countries and international organizations are expected to participate in the International Court of Justice’s […]

Human Rights Watch

Children
Water Crisis and untreated Sewage could kill more Gaza Palestinians than Bombs: Threat of Infant Mortality

Water Crisis and untreated Sewage could kill more Gaza Palestinians than Bombs: Threat of Infant Mortality

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Arabi al-Jadid reports, “The streets of the Gaza Strip are witnessing a catastrophic environmental crisis due to the mixing of […]

Juan Cole

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