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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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250,000 Israelis Rally against Netanyahu, Warn of Dictatorship and 'No Liberty in an Occupation State'

250,000 Israelis Rally against Netanyahu, Warn of Dictatorship and ‘No Liberty in an Occupation State’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – WAFA reports that on Saturday evening some 250,000 Israelis are estimated to have come out in numerous cities to protest […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
All Communities Must Speak Out Against bigotry toward Jews

All Communities Must Speak Out Against bigotry toward Jews

As far-right violence against Jewish people rises, the Jewish idea of an “eruv” can teach us all to enlarge our humanity.   By Svante Myrick […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Who will pay the Price for the Killing of the Palestinian Aid Worker in Huwara?

Who will pay the Price for the Killing of the Palestinian Aid Worker in Huwara?

Motasem A Dalloul abujomaaGaza   ( Middle East Monitor ) – On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people saying: “A […]

Middle East Monitor

religion
Why the Pronouns used for God matter

Why the Pronouns used for God matter

By Annie Selak, Georgetown University | – The Church of England is considering what language and pronouns should be used to refer to God. The […]

The Conversation

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You're all Palestinians Now:  How Harsh Apartheid Policing is being Turned on Israeli Protesters

You’re all Palestinians Now: How Harsh Apartheid Policing is being Turned on Israeli Protesters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s Apartheid state, having honed its instruments of repression against its occupied Palestinians, whom it keeps stateless and without rights, […]

Juan Cole

censorship
No, Discussing Israel's 'Right to Exist' is not Antisemitic; States don't have Rights, People Do

No, Discussing Israel’s ‘Right to Exist’ is not Antisemitic; States don’t have Rights, People Do

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – “Israel’s right to exist” has been challenged in expert testimonies by leading scholars Professor […]

Middle East Monitor

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia and Sport: a strategic Gamble aiming for economic, political and social Goals

Saudi Arabia and Sport: a strategic Gamble aiming for economic, political and social Goals

By Simon Chadwick, SKEMA Business School | – (The Conversation) – Boxing purists may argue over the sporting value of a fight between a reality […]

The Conversation

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Solar power battery installations increase exponentially in Germany

Solar power battery installations increase exponentially in Germany

( Clean Energy Wire ) – The number of household solar power storage installations has grown exponentially over the past four years, with a year-on-year […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Climate Crisis
Humanity put out more C02 than Ever Before last Year, but Green Energy Kept the Annual Increase Small

Humanity put out more C02 than Ever Before last Year, but Green Energy Kept the Annual Increase Small

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This is a bad news, good news story. Cathy Bussewitz at the Associated Press reports that carbon dioxide emissions reached […]

Juan Cole

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