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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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Israel/ Palestine
When Governments Speak of a Non-Existent 'Two-State Solution,' it is to Avoid Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid

When Governments Speak of a Non-Existent ‘Two-State Solution,’ it is to Avoid Acknowledging Israeli Apartheid

( Middle East Monitor) – In January 2021, the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem declared that Israel imposes apartheid on the people of occupied Palestine, […]

Ramona Wadi

Bashar al-Assad
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – (The Conversation) – It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
As Death Toll Soars, can President Erdogan Survive Turkey's Earthquake Politically?

As Death Toll Soars, can President Erdogan Survive Turkey’s Earthquake Politically?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Monday’s massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in south-central Turkey, in which at least 20,000 have died — and probably tens of […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake

Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake

( Irish Times ) – The death and devastation wreaked by Monday’s massive earthquake is greatest in Turkey, but that country is in a far […]

Michael Jansen

Displaced and Refugees
Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters

Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters

By Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University | – (The Conversation) – Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service […]

The Conversation

Health
Football’s One to the Heart:  How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?

Football’s One to the Heart: How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The echoes still linger from that national sigh of relief last month when Buffalo Bills safety […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe's New Electricity demand Through 2025

IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe’s New Electricity demand Through 2025

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency, in a new report that is just out, estimates that 90% of new global electricity demand […]

Juan Cole

Books
Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process

Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process

By Erdağ Göknar | – ( LA Review of Books) – DURING THE LONG summer days in Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk devotes himself to intensive writing […]

Erdag Goknar

Dissent
Iranian Protesters turn to TikTok to get their Message past government Censors

Iranian Protesters turn to TikTok to get their Message past government Censors

By Whitney Shylee May, The University of Texas at Austin | – Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini […]

The Conversation

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