Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

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

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

More Stories

Uncategorized
Bulldozer Attack in West Jerusalem

Bulldozer Attack in West Jerusalem

A Palestinian bulldozer operator rammed his vehicle into a bus in West Jerusalem, killing 3 and wounding 44. Aljazeera International reports: Sometimes the British tabloid […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Pakistan Claims Capture of 50 Khyber Militants

Pakistan Claims Capture of 50 Khyber Militants

Aljazeera on Pakistan’s military offensive in the Khyber area. Puritanism and women’s rights are issues as well as whether government or local warlords are in […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sadrists Plan Attacks on US Troops; Security Guards will Not have Immunity; 24 Dead, 60 Wounded

Sadrists Plan Attacks on US Troops; Security Guards will Not have Immunity; 24 Dead, 60 Wounded

The Sadr Movement is forging ahead with plans to create an elite special operations corps within the Mahdi Army, with the mission of hitting US […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Reid: Coal & Oil are Making Us Sick

Reid: Coal & Oil are Making Us Sick

Senate majority leader points out that solar energy is only considered three times as expensive as coal because no one factors in all the hidden […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iran: Wars and Rumors of War

Iran: Wars and Rumors of War

A Pentagon official expressed fears that Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz near Isfahan before the next president is sworn in. He identified […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings Target 5 Judges in Bagdad; Crisis between Al-Maliki and US military over killing of his Cousin;

Bombings Target 5 Judges in Bagdad; Crisis between Al-Maliki and US military over killing of his Cousin;

A guerrilla group launched a campaign of assassination against judges in Baghdad on Monday, setting off five bombs, each targeting a judge in a different […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Foreign Companies Vie for Profit from Iraq's Oil

Foreign Companies Vie for Profit from Iraq’s Oil

Aljazeera English reports on the deals the oil majors are doing in Iraq: And, Tom Engelhardt reviews the troop escalation or “surge” in Iraq and […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iacocca: Where the Hell is our Outrage?

Iacocca: Where the Hell is our Outrage?

McClatchy says that lack of funds is hobbling the Republican attack machine. It could be that the country is in such a mess that even […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Arato: The Turkish Constitutional Crisis and the Road Beyond

Arato: The Turkish Constitutional Crisis and the Road Beyond

Guest editorial Andrew Arato We should be deeply worried about Turkey’s unfolding constitutional crisis, that could end in many things: the continuation and even conclusion […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2463
  • Page 2464
  • Page 2465
  • Page 2466
  • Page 2467
  • …
  • Page 3029
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Omar Khayyam

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia

Muslim-Led Story-Telling is Changing the TV Narrative of Irrational Violence

The Conversation

Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Popular

  • Riyadh-Islamabad "Islamic NATO" to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can't draw the Line at Genocide, they can't Draw the Line at Democracy
  • 76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
  • "Real Estate Bonanza:" The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
  • Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved