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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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My War Never Ends

My War Never Ends

By Chris Hedges | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As this century began, I was writing War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, my […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
Whatever you Think of the Taliban, the Afghan People Desperately Need Help, not Broad Sanctions

Whatever you Think of the Taliban, the Afghan People Desperately Need Help, not Broad Sanctions

By Ed Corcoran | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Taliban waged an impressive military campaign and removed the prior government in August […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Zelensky Lambastes Israel for not Helping Ukraine, Warns of Russian Aid to Iran's Nuclear Program

Zelensky Lambastes Israel for not Helping Ukraine, Warns of Russian Aid to Iran’s Nuclear Program

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky lambasted Israel on Monday, saying that the latter’s refusal to provide Ukraine with anti-missile defenses and […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Can a Right-Wing Indian-British Billionaire Save the Conservative Party from Instability and Growing Unpopularity?

Can a Right-Wing Indian-British Billionaire Save the Conservative Party from Instability and Growing Unpopularity?

London (Special to Informed Comment) – In a further display of chaos within the UK Conservative Party and British government, Britain has appointed its third […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Israel/ Palestine
How Palestinian Youth resisted Israeli Occupation: with a Haircut

How Palestinian Youth resisted Israeli Occupation: with a Haircut

By Mariam Abuadas مريم أبو عدس

Global Voices

Dissent
The Protests in Iran are part of a long History of Women’s Resistance

The Protests in Iran are part of a long History of Women’s Resistance

By Niloofar Hooman, McMaster University | – On Sept. 16, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in Tehran while in the custody of […]

The Conversation

China
One City in China Plans More Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030 than the Entire United States

One City in China Plans More Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030 than the Entire United States

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Shenzhen Daily reports that the city of Chaozhou in China’s southern Guangdong Province is planning the world’s largest offshore […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Review of Amnon Kapeliouk, Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

Review of Amnon Kapeliouk, Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

Barcelona (Special to Informed Comment) – Review of Amnon Kapeliouk, Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab–Israeli War (London: Verso, 2022). The 1973 […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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Iran's Universities Turn Into A Major Battleground Amid Anti-Government Protests

Iran’s Universities Turn Into A Major Battleground Amid Anti-Government Protests

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Mohammad Zarghami | – ( RFE/RL ) – Dozens of students protested outside the law faculty at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabei University […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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