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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
Israel fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia escalates

Israel fears a Nightmare Scenario as the Crisis with Russia escalates

By Adnan Abu Amer | – Israel is convinced that Moscow’s threat to close down the Jewish Agency in Russia is retaliation for the Zionist […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Why Britain's 104°F (40°C) Heatwave was made many Times more Likely by Humans burning Fossil Fuels

Why Britain’s 104°F (40°C) Heatwave was made many Times more Likely by Humans burning Fossil Fuels

By Ben Clark, University of Oxford; Friederike Otto, Imperial College London; and Luke Harrington, University of Waikato | – (The Conversation) – Every heatwave occurring […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
Trump joins Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis as Former High Office-Holder Investigated for Sedition

Trump joins Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis as Former High Office-Holder Investigated for Sedition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, and Spencer S. Hsu at the Washington Post got the scoop that the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures

The Enduring Tyranny of Oil: War, Inflation, and Soaring World Temperatures

( Tomdispatch.com ) – It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about “peak oil” — […]

Michael T. Klare

unions
How Amazon, Starbucks and other Companies fight Unions

How Amazon, Starbucks and other Companies fight Unions

( Minnesota Reformer ) – You as a worker have a legal right to join a union, but there are many ways big corporations are […]

Robert Reich

Antisemitism
There is too much antisemitic Hate Speech on Social Media – Are Algorithms to Blame?

There is too much antisemitic Hate Speech on Social Media – Are Algorithms to Blame?

By Sabine von Mering, Brandeis University and Monika Hübscher, University of Duisburg-Essen | – Antisemitic incidents have shown a sharp rise in the United States. […]

The Conversation

Arab World
The New Middle East, Same as the old Middle East –  The Meaning of Biden’s Trip

The New Middle East, Same as the old Middle East – The Meaning of Biden’s Trip

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Assessing President Biden’s Trip to the Middle East. Thanks to Margot Patterson at KKFI for having me on to discuss […]

Juan Cole

United Kingdom
Who will Britain's Next Leader Be?  3rd female Prime Minister or the 1st PM of Indian Origin?

Who will Britain’s Next Leader Be? 3rd female Prime Minister or the 1st PM of Indian Origin?

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – The two candidates selected by the Conservative members of the British Parliament to replace Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and […]

Farhang Jahanpour

European Union
European Union sues Hungary over anti-gay Law – what it could mean for LGBT Rights in Europe

European Union sues Hungary over anti-gay Law – what it could mean for LGBT Rights in Europe

By Koen Slootmaeckers, City, University of London | – (The Conversation) – The European commission is taking legal action against Hungary at the European court […]

The Conversation

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