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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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Here’s What we Know about the Charges against those Who Falsely Claimed to be Michigan Presidential Electors in 2020

Here’s What we Know about the Charges against those Who Falsely Claimed to be Michigan Presidential Electors in 2020

By: Kyle Davidson – J   ( Michigan Advance ) – After Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges Tuesday against 16 Michigan residents tied […]

Michigan Advance

Climate Crisis
As Global Heat Waves Break Records in Mideast and Elsewhere, How Hot it too Hot for us Humans?

As Global Heat Waves Break Records in Mideast and Elsewhere, How Hot it too Hot for us Humans?

By W. Larry Kenney, Penn State; Daniel Vecellio, Penn State; Rachel Cottle, Penn State; and S. Tony Wolf, Penn State | – (The Conversation) – […]

The Conversation

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Former PM Olmert calls on Biden to Boycott this Extremist Israeli Government, as Generals and Nat'l Union Also Shun It

Former PM Olmert calls on Biden to Boycott this Extremist Israeli Government, as Generals and Nat’l Union Also Shun It

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday. Herzog is addressing a joint session of […]

Juan Cole

Health
Israeli Travel Restrictions and Blockade on Gaza Mean that 50% of Palestinian Cancer Patients do not get Treatment

Israeli Travel Restrictions and Blockade on Gaza Mean that 50% of Palestinian Cancer Patients do not get Treatment

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that 50 per cent of cancer patients do not […]

Middle East Monitor

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Did the Anthropocene Era of Human-Caused Climate Change Start in 1950 – or Much Earlier?  Why the Debate Matters

Did the Anthropocene Era of Human-Caused Climate Change Start in 1950 – or Much Earlier? Why the Debate Matters

By Noel Castree, University of Technology Sydney | – (The Conversation) – It made world news last week when a small lake in Canada was […]

The Conversation

Environment
The Hype of a Nuclear Power "Renaissance:" The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Reactors

The Hype of a Nuclear Power “Renaissance:” The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Reactors

By Joshua Frank ( Tomdispatch.com) – If you didn’t know better, you’d think Lloyd Marbet was a dairy farmer or maybe a retired shop teacher. […]

Tomdispatch

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58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel’s Apartheid Regime toward Palestinians Shows in their Mental Health

58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel’s Apartheid Regime toward Palestinians Shows in their Mental Health

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While the Democrats in Washington, D.C. conduct a bizarre debate about whether Israel is a racist state, The World Bank […]

Juan Cole

Central America
The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler      ( Waging Nonviolence ) – It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar […]

Waging Nonviolence

Authoritarianism
Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

( RFE/ RL ) – Protests have erupted in the northern Iranian city of Rasht following an attempt by government officials to arrest three women […]

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