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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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Human Rights
Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked

Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – New accounts have emerged of alleged torture of high-profile political detainees in Saudi prisons, Human Rights Watch […]

Human Rights Watch

Donald Trump
As CPAC Tinfoil Hat Crowd Decries Vaccines, Delta Variant 'Velociraptor' Menaces US Red States with India-Style Wave

As CPAC Tinfoil Hat Crowd Decries Vaccines, Delta Variant ‘Velociraptor’ Menaces US Red States with India-Style Wave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-II is to the original vanilla COVID-19 strain as velociraptors were to gentle plant-eating sauropods. And […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq’s oil?

Waiting for US withdrawal, is Russia eyeing Iraq’s oil?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – When the George W. Bush administration launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003, many believed the campaign’s main goal […]

Nikola Mikovic

Climate Crisis
The Fires This Time:  A Climate View from California

The Fires This Time: A Climate View from California

( Tomdispatch.com) – In San Francisco, we’re finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city’s residents over 12 fully vaccinated, for […]

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Crisis
The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

By Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | – ( Scientific American ) – The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols […]

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Climate Crisis
Gasoline and Coal's Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth's All-Time Record Heat

Gasoline and Coal’s Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth’s All-Time Record Heat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gasoline demand in the U.S. rebounded vigorously in the week leading up to the 4th of July, to an average […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

( Middle East Monitor ) – This week, Israel’s Parliament the Knesset failed to pass an extension to Israel’s racist marriage law. The law bars […]

Asa Winstanley

censorship
Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

( Al-Bab.com) – Facebook reported this week that it removed 2,784 accounts in June for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. Among those, 947 related to countries in […]

Brian Whitaker

Food Security
40% of the World’s People, 3 billion Souls, cannot Afford a Healthy Diet

40% of the World’s People, 3 billion Souls, cannot Afford a Healthy Diet

By William A. Masters and Anna Herforth | – ( The Conversation ) – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans […]

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