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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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Biden is Running in '24:  Top 3 Reasons he'll Likely win by a Landslide

Biden is Running in ’24: Top 3 Reasons he’ll Likely win by a Landslide

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden is planning to declare next week that he will seek a second term as president according to […]

Juan Cole

military
Sudan created a paramilitary Force to destroy Government Threats – but it became a major Threat itself

Sudan created a paramilitary Force to destroy Government Threats – but it became a major Threat itself

By Tsega Etefa, Colgate University | – Sudan is in crisis. Fighting continues between Sudan’s military leader, Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, and his deputy on Sudan’s ruling […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Many Female Voters see Turkey's May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women's Rights

Many Female Voters see Turkey’s May 14 Elections as Crucial to Future of Women’s Rights

Written byArzu Geybullayeva   ( Globalvoices.org) – In a report that was published in 2007 by European Stability Initiative, a think tank, Turkey’s ruling Justice […]

Arzu Geybullayeva

Corporations
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

The Non-Profit Industrial Complex

( Tomdispatch.com) – We’ve just passed through tax time again. (Unless, like me, you live in one of several states ravaged by recent extreme weather […]

Rebecca Gordon

Authoritarianism
Neither Iran nor Israel Needs Dictatorship: The Bad Joke of Pretender to a non-Existent Throne Kowtowing to Netanyahu

Neither Iran nor Israel Needs Dictatorship: The Bad Joke of Pretender to a non-Existent Throne Kowtowing to Netanyahu

Newark, Delaware (Feature — Special to Informed Comment) – The recent visit of Reza Pahlavi to Israel and his meeting with PM Netanyahu raise many […]

Fariba Amini

China
Why the world should take Notice as Saudi Arabia joins Chinese Alliance – and how this relates to Taiwan

Why the world should take Notice as Saudi Arabia joins Chinese Alliance – and how this relates to Taiwan

By Andrew MacLeod, King’s College London | – (The Conversation) – Saudi Arabia’s cabinet recently approved the decision to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
In its First 100 Days, Israel's New Netanyahu  Gov't Crashes and Burns

In its First 100 Days, Israel’s New Netanyahu Gov’t Crashes and Burns

Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2   ( Middle East Monitor ) – The deteriorating security situation has given Israelis a great opportunity to list the failures of […]

Middle East Monitor

Houthi
Yemen Must Release Arbitrarily Detained People (HRW)

Yemen Must Release Arbitrarily Detained People (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – All parties to the conflict in Yemen should immediately release anyone arbitrarily detained and to reveal what happened to […]

Human Rights Watch

Corruption
Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill

Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill

Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) – Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been the “King and Queen of Conflict of Interest” since his controversial […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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