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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
Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege

Israeli Calls for Palestinian Hamlet Khan Al-Ahmar’s Demolition speak of Colonial Violence and Privilege

( Middle East Monitor ) – The former Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, has told a Likud faction meeting that “illegal Palestinian construction” […]

Ramona Wadi

Corruption
In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion

In Unusual Search for Accountability, Lebanese PM charged with Homicide over 2020 Beirut Port Explosion

By John Nagle, Queen’s University Belfast | – The investigation into the Beirut port explosion has taken a new turn, with the judge overseeing the […]

The Conversation

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Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?

Can Puerto Rico solve its perennial Energy Problems with Distributed and Community Solar?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have put out a one-year progress report […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu's Government Survive?

Having brought in Disruptive Israeli Extremists, Can Netanyahu’s Government Survive?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Before it was formed, the new far-right Israeli government coalition has been plagued […]

Middle East Monitor

Antisemitism
Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok

Combating Antisemitism today: Holocaust Education in the era of Twitter and TikTok

By Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut | – (The Conversation) – In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden […]

The Conversation

Gay rights
Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen?  And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen? And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

By Ira Chernus | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – What makes a good society? Is it a guaranteed right to pursue happiness, as our Declaration […]

Tomdispatch

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Turkey's President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur'an burning in Stockholm

Turkey’s President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur’an burning in Stockholm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can forget about membership in the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions

Iran Charges 16, Including Several Teens, For Protests Amid Reports Of Forced Confessions

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – ( RFE/RL ) – Iran has charged 16 people, including several teenagers, in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia for […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)

Israel’s New West Bank Entry Rules Further Isolate Occupied Palestinians (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Jerusalem) – New Israeli guidelines on access to the West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians from loved ones […]

Human Rights Watch

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