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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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Palestinian-Israeli Party in Gov't Warns of "Religious War" over Violent Squatter Invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque Complex

Palestinian-Israeli Party in Gov’t Warns of “Religious War” over Violent Squatter Invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque Complex

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that early on Sunday morning, hundreds of Israeli squatter-settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa […]

Juan Cole

Banking
This time, it is the Students and the Unions that the Gov't Needs to Bail out for a Healthy Economy

This time, it is the Students and the Unions that the Gov’t Needs to Bail out for a Healthy Economy

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Digging our way back out of the pandemic recession will not be easy, but we have the […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Family Separation Law Failed, but the War on Palestinian Love Continues

Israel’s Family Separation Law Failed, but the War on Palestinian Love Continues

Jamal Zahalka | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Three weeks after its formation, the new Israeli government has failed in its first real test. […]

Middle East Monitor

Central America
Migration Is Not the Crisis: What Washington Could Really Do in Central America

Migration Is Not the Crisis: What Washington Could Really Do in Central America

By Aviva Chomsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Earlier this month, a Honduran court found David Castillo, a U.S.-trained former Army intelligence officer and […]

Aviva Chomsky

Donald Trump
Did Netanyahu Try to get Trump to Wag the Dog with Strike on Iran after Biden Won?

Did Netanyahu Try to get Trump to Wag the Dog with Strike on Iran after Biden Won?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Susan B. Glasser reports at The New Yorker that after it became clear that Joe Biden had won the presidency, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Attack on Palestinian Gaza wasn't a Victory for Israel -- It underlined an Ongoing Dilemma

Attack on Palestinian Gaza wasn’t a Victory for Israel — It underlined an Ongoing Dilemma

By Adnan Abu Amer | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Two months after the end of the last Israeli aggression on Gaza, Israel […]

Middle East Monitor

China
German carmakers likely to overtake Chinese rivals in e-car production, with US Lagging Behind

German carmakers likely to overtake Chinese rivals in e-car production, with US Lagging Behind

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German carmakers look set to overtake Chinese companies in the production of e-cars next […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water

As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water

By A.R. Siders and Katharine Mach | – When the tide gets exceptionally high in Charleston, South Carolina, coastal streets start to run with seawater. […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
With Massive Flooding in Germany, Scientists worry Climate is increasingly out of Control

With Massive Flooding in Germany, Scientists worry Climate is increasingly out of Control

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Our burning of gasoline, coal and natural gas on a massive global scale, putting tens of billions of tons of […]

Juan Cole

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