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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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Trump's Indictment for Jan. 6:  Revisiting "Psychopathocracy"

Trump’s Indictment for Jan. 6: Revisiting “Psychopathocracy”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Grand Jury empaneled by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has issued an indictment (full text here) against Donald John Trump […]

Juan Cole

censorship
The State of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Yemen, Freedom of Speech, Women, Executions

The State of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Yemen, Freedom of Speech, Women, Executions

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 45th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review   Introduction ( Human Rights […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Change
The Other Threat of Massive Climate Change:  Nuclear War

The Other Threat of Massive Climate Change: Nuclear War

By Mark Maslin, UCL | – Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer has revived morbid curiosity in the destructive power of nuclear weapons. There […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The Forever War's Forever Legacy: Shutting down Gitmo is Hardly the Last Step

The Forever War’s Forever Legacy: Shutting down Gitmo is Hardly the Last Step

( Tomdispatch.com ) – There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime […]

Karen J. Greenberg

China
In  2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

In 2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yale Environment 360 points to recent energy reports as suggesting that China will hit peak gasoline next year. That is, […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israel's Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Israel’s Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – At first glance, the statement may seem baffling. If Israel is a ‘Jewish State’ […]

Ramzy Baroud

Bangladesh
Climate Crisis: Bangladesh is Undertaking the World's Largest Resettlement Program

Climate Crisis: Bangladesh is Undertaking the World’s Largest Resettlement Program

By Atmaja Gohain Baruah, King’s College London | – Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation’s topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Middle East Studies Association | Committee on Academic Freedom | – Letter raising concerns about Israel’s accession to the US Visa Waiver Program Mr. Alejandro […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Climate Crisis
Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We'd Ever Need?

Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We’d Ever Need?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Space Agency isn’t as well known in the U.S. as NASA or even Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. […]

Juan Cole

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