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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
Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics

Heat pumps can cut your energy costs by up to 90%. It’s not magic, just a smart use of the laws of physics

By Alan Pears, RMIT University | – (The Conversation) – Heat pumps are becoming all the rage around a world that has to slash carbon […]

The Conversation

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More Ukraine-Palestine Hypocrisy: US slams Russia for Deporting Residents from Occupied Territory, which Israel does all the Time

More Ukraine-Palestine Hypocrisy: US slams Russia for Deporting Residents from Occupied Territory, which Israel does all the Time

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield castigated Russia for having deported large numbers of Ukrainians from […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Did the U.S. Permanently Destabilize Iraq? Will There be an Intra-Shia Civil War?

Did the U.S. Permanently Destabilize Iraq? Will There be an Intra-Shia Civil War?

By Raed Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – There is usually a lot of competition between near-equal armed groups in Iraq. Resisting […]

Middle East Monitor

Displaced and Refugees
A Syrian Academic at the Fringe: why I put on a Show to reclaim the Stories of Refugees like Me

A Syrian Academic at the Fringe: why I put on a Show to reclaim the Stories of Refugees like Me

By Lina Fadel, Heriot-Watt University | – This summer I performed my own one-woman show at the 75th Edinburgh Fringe – a sentence I never […]

The Conversation

Human Rights
Saudis sentence Leeds doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab to 34 Years in Prison for Human Rights Tweets

Saudis sentence Leeds doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab to 34 Years in Prison for Human Rights Tweets

Middle East Studies Association | – Committee on Academic Freedom 7 September 2022 His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Antarctica
What's worse than a Slow-Moving Doomsday Glacier like Thwaites?  A Raptor Glacier Sprinting for the Ocean!

What’s worse than a Slow-Moving Doomsday Glacier like Thwaites? A Raptor Glacier Sprinting for the Ocean!

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As regular readers know, I’m fascinated by glaciers. Growing up in France, I had the opportunity at one point to […]

Juan Cole

China
New Hawkish UK PM Liz Truss is Spoiling for Confrontations with Russia and China

New Hawkish UK PM Liz Truss is Spoiling for Confrontations with Russia and China

London (Special to Informed Comment) – The United Kingdom has announced its third Prime Minister since Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) in […]

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

Saudi Arabia
Djinns and Glass Palaces: Is New Saudi Desert City Utopia or Horror Story?

Djinns and Glass Palaces: Is New Saudi Desert City Utopia or Horror Story?

By Omar Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Saudi Arabia’s The Line has been lauded as the world’s most futuristic city plan, and […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New: A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes

The Trump Supreme Court Is Nothing New: A History of the Tyranny of the Supremes

By Steve Fraser | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Has the Trump Supreme Court gone rogue? The evidence mounts. Certainly, its recent judicial blitzkrieg has […]

Tomdispatch

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