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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
The Biden Administration Says it will Push Back against Israeli Annexation of Palestine; but Will It?

The Biden Administration Says it will Push Back against Israeli Annexation of Palestine; but Will It?

( Middle East Monitor) – The US will push back against annexation, according to US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, as the Abraham Accords are […]

Ramzy Baroud

Islam
How Images of veiled Muslim Women are used to justify War

How Images of veiled Muslim Women are used to justify War

By Sara Rahnama, Morgan State University | – Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Course Title: […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
As Biden Touts Progress at COP27, National Assessment warns that the Things Americans Love are Endangered by Climate Emergency

As Biden Touts Progress at COP27, National Assessment warns that the Things Americans Love are Endangered by Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden addressed the COP27 Climate in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Friday. He noted the ravages of the […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law

How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law

By Joshua Kaplan | – ( ProPublica ) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was incensed. Late last year, the state’s Republican legislature had drawn congressional […]

ProPublica

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Israel's Far Right in New Government Eyes Security Ministries; Who will Stop them from Just Shooting Down Palestinians?

Israel’s Far Right in New Government Eyes Security Ministries; Who will Stop them from Just Shooting Down Palestinians?

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the largest right-wing Israeli party Likud, is […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
COP27: how young Climate Activists are changing International Human Rights Law

COP27: how young Climate Activists are changing International Human Rights Law

By Aoife Daly, University College Cork | – World leaders and climate scientists aren’t the only ones who have gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Gen Z came out in Large Numbers for Democratic Party Priorities like Combatting Climate Change, Helping Blunt any Red Wave

Gen Z came out in Large Numbers for Democratic Party Priorities like Combatting Climate Change, Helping Blunt any Red Wave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of the issues that drove America’s youth to vote in unusual numbers in the midterm elections, and to tilt […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
The Other Way of Celebrating Armistice Day: Soldiers and Vets for Peace

The Other Way of Celebrating Armistice Day: Soldiers and Vets for Peace

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – The first Armistice Day November 11, 1919 was a celebration of the moment – the 11th hour of […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Authoritarianism
Protesting Rapper's Video Foretelling Iranian Regime's Future Leads To Arrest As Fans Fear For His Life

Protesting Rapper’s Video Foretelling Iranian Regime’s Future Leads To Arrest As Fans Fear For His Life

( RFE?RL ) – Toomaj Salehi’s lyrical support for protesters in Iran has landed him behind bars before, but this time the popular rapper’s fortune-telling […]

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