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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
Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel's New 'Fascist, Racist, and Settler' Government

Rights Advocates Alarmed Over Israel’s New ‘Fascist, Racist, and Settler’ Government

By Jessica Corbett | – ( Commondreams.org ) – Global concerns about the new Israeli government—especially what it means for Palestinians—continued to grow Thursday as […]

Common Dreams

Authoritarianism
More Iranians Move Their Protests To Rooftops Amid State Crackdown

More Iranians Move Their Protests To Rooftops Amid State Crackdown

I’m Frud Bezhan, regional desk editor for Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Here’s what I’ve been following and what I’m watching out for in the days […]

Frud Bezhan

censorship
The State of Online Free Expression Worldwide: 2022 in Review

The State of Online Free Expression Worldwide: 2022 in Review

By Jillian C. York | – ( EFF ) – It’s been a tumultuous year for free expression globally. From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression […]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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"Execution of the Palestinian People": Netanyahu vows Massive Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, and ultimate Annexation

“Execution of the Palestinian People”: Netanyahu vows Massive Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, and ultimate Annexation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As part of his bargain with the fascist blocs of Religious Zionism and Jewish Power, according to the Israeli newspaper […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River

A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River

By Abrahm Lustgarten | – (ProPublica) – On a crisp day this fall I drove southeast from Grand Junction, Colorado, into the Uncompahgre Valley, a […]

ProPublica

Biodiversity
To attain global Climate and Biodiversity Goals, we must reclaim Nature in our Cities

To attain global Climate and Biodiversity Goals, we must reclaim Nature in our Cities

By Emma Despland, Concordia University | – The climate and biodiversity crises we have been experiencing for the past few decades are inseparable. The scientific […]

The Conversation

Russia
The Ukraine Crisis:  A Classic Security Dilemma

The Ukraine Crisis: A Classic Security Dilemma

( Code Pink) – On December 27 2022, both Russia and Ukraine issued calls for ending the war in Ukraine, but only on non-negotiable terms […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
2022:  Biden Policies Announce the End of the Beginning in Fight against CO2 Emissions

2022: Biden Policies Announce the End of the Beginning in Fight against CO2 Emissions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the midst of World War II, on November 10, 1942, Winston Churchill said of the war: “Now this is […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
U.S.-Trained Afghan Soldiers Angry Over Their Plight Are Ready To Join Russia's War Against Ukraine

U.S.-Trained Afghan Soldiers Angry Over Their Plight Are Ready To Join Russia’s War Against Ukraine

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran are driving thousands of former Afghan troops — many of […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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