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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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Climate Crisis
Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers?

Just How Big Can Wind Turbines get, as Some already Rival Skyscrapers?

By Simon Hogg, Durham University | – In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of north-east England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions

Shrinking Glaciers threaten Chinese and Indian Energy Transitions

By Alok Gupta ( Third Pole ) – As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower […]

The Third Pole

Drugs
Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID

Big Pharma spent more on Stock Buybacks and Dividends than on Research and Development even during COVID

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The 14 largest publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies spent $747 billion on stock buybacks and dividends from 2012 through 2021 […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

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Netanyahu Shocked at UAE  cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex

Netanyahu Shocked at UAE cancellation of his State Visit after Extremists Storm Aqsa Mosque Complex

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Far right wing extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir led a group of Israeli fanatics up to the al-Aqsa Mosque complex this week, […]

Juan Cole

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Four Ways Netanyahu's new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy

Four Ways Netanyahu’s new Far-Right Government threatens Israeli Democracy

By Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service | – (The Conversation) – Democracy is not just about holding elections. It is a set […]

The Conversation

Domestic Surveillance
Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data

Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data

By Adam Schwartz | – ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) – In the wake of this year’s Supreme Court decision in Dobbs overruling Roe v. […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Iran
Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas

Why the Middle East is moving and must move away from Oil and Gas

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In 2022, the biggest energy issue in the Middle East was Organisation of […]

Middle East Monitor

Constitution
Hollow Men:  The Blowhards of Jan. 6 were Yellow-Bellied Cowards

Hollow Men: The Blowhards of Jan. 6 were Yellow-Bellied Cowards

Reprinted in commemoration of Brian Sicknick and other victims of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The damning Jan. 6 public […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Taliban’s War Against Afghan Women And Girls

The Taliban’s War Against Afghan Women And Girls

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi / Abubakar Siddique | – ( RFE/RL ) – Fahima witnessed many of her rights and freedoms disappear in 2022 as […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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