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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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Authoritarianism
Are Western sanctions on Iran making a difference?

Are Western sanctions on Iran making a difference?

By Amin Saikal, The University of Western Australia | – (The Conversation) – The Iranian Islamic regime has been seriously challenged since the start of […]

The Conversation

military
How a Nuclear Power Plant Became a Tool of War:  Nuclear Armageddon Games in Ukraine

How a Nuclear Power Plant Became a Tool of War: Nuclear Armageddon Games in Ukraine

By Joshua Frank | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – In 1946, Albert Einstein shot off a telegram to several hundred American leaders and politicians warning that […]

Tomdispatch

Antarctica
Arctic and Antarctic Ice Sheets in Danger if we blow Past Paris Limit of 1.5° C. (2.7° F)  extra Heating

Arctic and Antarctic Ice Sheets in Danger if we blow Past Paris Limit of 1.5° C. (2.7° F) extra Heating

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jun-Young Park et al. write in Nature Communications that the collapse of the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets may come […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Haaretz:  Israel has erected ‘a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime’

Haaretz: Israel has erected ‘a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime’

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has erected “a formal, full-fledged apartheid regime,” the editorial of Haaretz newspaper said yesterday, in a stark warning […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks on Judicial Independence

Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks on Judicial Independence

Human Rights Watch – (Tunis) –  Tunisian authorities should immediately reinstate judges and prosecutors President Kais Saied arbitrarily dismissed as part of what he called an […]

Human Rights Watch

Christianity
America is Finally Secularizing, as Young People abandon Organized Religion in Droves

America is Finally Secularizing, as Young People abandon Organized Religion in Droves

By Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College | – (The Conversation) – About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low. According to a […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Squatter Terrorists Fire Guns, Set dozens of Fires in Palestinian Town, Killing One and Wounding 100

Israeli Squatter Terrorists Fire Guns, Set dozens of Fires in Palestinian Town, Killing One and Wounding 100

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli squatters on land owned by Palestinian families went berserk on Sunday, after two squatters were shot by a Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Words the US and European Press are too Cowardly to Use about Israel's Occupation of Palestinians: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Apartheid

The Words the US and European Press are too Cowardly to Use about Israel’s Occupation of Palestinians: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor ) – On 20 February, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an […]

Ramzy Baroud

Climate Crisis
The EV Transition isn’t just about Cars – the broader Goal should be Access to clean Mobility for Everyone

The EV Transition isn’t just about Cars – the broader Goal should be Access to clean Mobility for Everyone

By Sita M. Syal, University of Michigan | (The Conversation) – The race to decarbonize passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. is accelerating. […]

The Conversation

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