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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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Southwest’s Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades

Southwest’s Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades

() Inequality.org) – For America’s rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again fuming […]

Sam Pizzigati

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Will the International Court of Justice finally give a Verdict against Israel's Illegal Squatting in Palestine?

Will the International Court of Justice finally give a Verdict against Israel’s Illegal Squatting in Palestine?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds [Jerusalem] reports the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution entitled “Israeli Practices that affect the Human […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
Imagining a World Without Nuclear Weapons

Imagining a World Without Nuclear Weapons

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – January 22 marks the second anniversary of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a global […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Authoritarianism
Clampdown Reported In  Iranian Kurdistan After Slain Protesters Mourned

Clampdown Reported In Iranian Kurdistan After Slain Protesters Mourned

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – ( RFE/RL) – Demonstrators in the western Iranian city of Javanrud were set on by security forces and have reportedly […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Comic Books
100 years of Stan Lee: how the Comic Book King challenged Prejudice

100 years of Stan Lee: how the Comic Book King challenged Prejudice

By Alex Fitch, University of Brighton | – December 28 2022 marks 100 years since the birth of the world’s most famous comic book writer: […]

The Conversation

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Rabbi Close to Religious Extremists in Israeli Gov't says Gay Speaker "Diseased," attracting "Evil" on People

Rabbi Close to Religious Extremists in Israeli Gov’t says Gay Speaker “Diseased,” attracting “Evil” on People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Hadath reports that 300 former Israeli soldiers have written a letter to their new government pleading with it not to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Deadliest Year for Palestinians in Decades: Israeli Forces Kill 240, including 47 children

Deadliest Year for Palestinians in Decades: Israeli Forces Kill 240, including 47 children

( Middle East Monitor ) – Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli […]

Ramzy Baroud

Campaign Finance
In One State, Voters backed a Law Exposing Political ‘Dark Money’ that is hailed as Model

In One State, Voters backed a Law Exposing Political ‘Dark Money’ that is hailed as Model

By Emilee Miranda | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – It could be months before the impact of Proposition 211 is seen in Arizona, […]

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Is the Russian Economy headed for Collapse?

Is the Russian Economy headed for Collapse?

By Eric Werker, Simon Fraser University | – (The Conversation) – To justify invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has painted Russia as a hegemonic power re-asserting […]

The Conversation

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