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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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Employment
Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’?

Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’?

( Inequality.org ) – If Dustin Hoffman should ever do a remake of The Graduate, the classic 1967 film that launched his famed cinematic career, […]

Sam Pizzigati

China
In Saudi Arabia, Biden Plays Defense against Russia, China, Iran

In Saudi Arabia, Biden Plays Defense against Russia, China, Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia was ostensibly about petroleum and attempting to lower gasoline prices in the […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

By Michael Page | Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – President Biden is set to […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Climate Emergency Hits Europe with Massive Heat Wave, 1 year after Unprecedented Flooding

Climate Emergency Hits Europe with Massive Heat Wave, 1 year after Unprecedented Flooding

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany must better prepare for the impacts of climate change, environment minister Steffi Lemke said, as a heat wave […]

Julian Wettengel

Arab World
Many Young People in Middle East, struggling to see Bright Future, want to Emigrate to West

Many Young People in Middle East, struggling to see Bright Future, want to Emigrate to West

By Georges Naufal, Texas A&M University | – The Middle East’s population is growing almost twice as fast as the world overall, and one-third of […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden's Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights

Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden’s Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that widespread protests broke out on Thursday in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank against […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
The Trump Mob:  Do the January 6 Hearings Set the Stage for a RICO Prosecution?

The Trump Mob: Do the January 6 Hearings Set the Stage for a RICO Prosecution?

The January 6 Committee hearings are the most compelling thing in American History since Watergate, and I’m so old I attended the hearing on two […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
In Biden World, Palestinians are not an Occupied Nation-in-Waiting but a mere Charity Case

In Biden World, Palestinians are not an Occupied Nation-in-Waiting but a mere Charity Case

( Middle East Monitor ) – When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric, he should have remembered President […]

Ramona Wadi

Books
What I Can Still Love about My Embattled Country (and World)

What I Can Still Love about My Embattled Country (and World)

(Tomdispatch.com ) – It’s hot and hazy as July rolls around. Growing up in the Baltimore swamplands, we used to say, “It’s not the heat, […]

Frida Berrigan

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