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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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Why the Supreme Court’s Football Decision is a Game-Changer on School Prayer

Why the Supreme Court’s Football Decision is a Game-Changer on School Prayer

Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton | – The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently banned school-sponsored prayer in public schools. At the same time, lower […]

The Conversation

Batteries
As US Electric Vehicle Sales Double in One Year, Biden calls for Lowering their Price to Defeat Oil Tyrant Putin

As US Electric Vehicle Sales Double in One Year, Biden calls for Lowering their Price to Defeat Oil Tyrant Putin

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden called last week for a vast expansion of green energy in the United States to offset what […]

Juan Cole

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Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution

Chomsky on Israeli Apartheid, Celebrity Activists, BDS and the One-State Solution

( Middle East Monitor ) – This is, said Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, the “interregnum”; the rare and seismic moment in history when great transitions […]

Ramzy Baroud

Apartheid
Saudi Arabia: Biden Visit Risks Fostering Repression:  US Should Publicly Seek Rights Commitments, Reforms

Saudi Arabia: Biden Visit Risks Fostering Repression: US Should Publicly Seek Rights Commitments, Reforms

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – US President Joe Biden’s expected visit to Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman risks encouraging […]

Human Rights Watch

Feminism
Abortion: The story of Suffering and Death behind Ireland’s Ban and subsequent Legalization

Abortion: The story of Suffering and Death behind Ireland’s Ban and subsequent Legalization

By Gretchen E. Ely, University of Tennessee | – Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized […]

The Conversation

Apartheid
Apartheid: How a Reluctant UN Official Was convinced to so Describe Israeli Policies toward Palestinians

Apartheid: How a Reluctant UN Official Was convinced to so Describe Israeli Policies toward Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dawnmena (Dawn in the Middle East and North Africa), the democratization site founded by the late Jamal Khashoggi, carries an […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Abortion Rights should be considered a key Plank of religious Freedom

Abortion Rights should be considered a key Plank of religious Freedom

| Opinion | By Walter McClure | – ( Minnesota Reformer ) – Our Constitution guarantees all of us the right to free exercise of […]

Minnesota Reformer

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Ending the War in Ukraine:  Three Possible Futures

Ending the War in Ukraine: Three Possible Futures

( Tomdispatch.com) – When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, I was easing my way into a new job and in the throes of the […]

Rajan Menon

Feminism
Roe v Wade: Men benefit from Abortion Rights too – and should speak about Them More

Roe v Wade: Men benefit from Abortion Rights too – and should speak about Them More

By Stephen Burrell, Durham University and Sandy Ruxton, Durham University | – It’s striking that, as with many other gender equality issues, the positions of […]

The Conversation

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