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
Khamenei Calls For Us To Depart Iraq

Khamenei Calls For Us To Depart Iraq

Khamenei calls for US to Depart Iraq US Troop Levels Rise to 147,000 US troop levels in Iraq have jumped to 147,000. You have to […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Maliki In Tehran For Oil Deal 60

Maliki In Tehran For Oil Deal 60

Maliki in Tehran for Oil Deal 60 Bodies found; 24 Dead in Bombings A bombing Wednesday morning killed 3, and 60 bodies were found in […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Bush And Rockefeller Two Controversies

Bush And Rockefeller Two Controversies

Bush and Rockefeller Two controversies are swirling. One regards President Bush’s address to the nation on the anniversary of September 11, which Democrats say was […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Damascus Foils Attack Israel Lebanon

Damascus Foils Attack Israel Lebanon

Damascus Foils Attack Israel & Lebanon Syrian security foiled an attack on the US embassy in Damascus by elements of the radical Jund al-Sham (Army […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Soldier Killed Among 28 Others

Us Soldier Killed Among 28 Others

US Soldier Killed, among 28 Others Sadrists Reject Draft Law on Confederacies Guerrillas bombed a minivan carrying recruits for the Iraqi army, killing 16. Other […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Zawahiri Threatens Gulf Israel Al

Zawahiri Threatens Gulf Israel Al

Zawahiri threatens Gulf, Israel Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports [Ar.] that Ayman al-Zawahir threatened Monday in a videotape aired on Aljazeera to launch “new attacks” in Israel […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
War With Al Qaeda War With Al Qaeda

War With Al Qaeda War With Al Qaeda

The War with al-Qaeda The war with al-Qaeda has many dimensions. There is the war with the organization itself. There is the struggle against its […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Defeated Politically In Al Anbar

Us Defeated Politically In Al Anbar

US “Defeated Politically” in al-Anbar: Marine Report 1 US Soldier, 42 Others Dead in Violence 58% of Americans say the Iraq War has not been […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Military Numbers Brought Into

Us Military Numbers Brought Into

US Military Numbers brought into Question 40 Dead in Saturday Violence Al-Hakim Demans 8-Province Region The McClatchy News Service has cast doubt on the numbers […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2609
  • Page 2610
  • Page 2611
  • Page 2612
  • Page 2613
  • …
  • 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

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

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved