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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/ Palestine
"Ten degrees more right-wing than" Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition

“Ten degrees more right-wing than” Netanyahu: Palestinians expect more expulsions from fragile 8-party coalition

Editor’s Update: The Naftali Bennett government was voted in on the afternoon of Sunday, June 13 by the Israeli parliament or Knesset. – JRIC By […]

Open Democracy

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Israel's New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians

Israel’s New PM Bennett called Evil by Fundamentalist Jewish Parties even as He plans more Expropriation of Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new government of extreme-right Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, set to be approved on Sunday afternoon by the Israeli parliament, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
On 'conflict', 'peace' and 'genocide': Time for new language on Palestine and Israel

On ‘conflict’, ‘peace’ and ‘genocide’: Time for new language on Palestine and Israel

( Middle East Monitor ) – On 25 May, famous US actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted an apology for suggesting that Israel is committing “genocide” in […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arab World
Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world

Uncovering anti-Blackness in the Arab world

By Amir Al-Azraki | – Black Arabs are underrepresented and largely invisible in “white” Arab-dominated countries, and excluded from political, academic, artistic and religious institutions. […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

By Sonali Kolhatkar | – ( Otherwords.org ) – A decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst […]

Sonali Kolhatkar

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Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel's Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition

Like an Arab Dictator faced with Massive Protests, Israel’s Netanyahu offers to Resign if his Likud Party can remain in ruling coalition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghribi of the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Friday, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel's politics and government

Historic change: Arab political parties are now legitimate partners in Israel’s politics and government

By Morad Elsana | – The next government is not going to be a typical one for the citizens of the state of Israel, and […]

The Conversation

Arab World
Biden wants to end America’s 20-Year War on the Middle East:  But Can He?

Biden wants to end America’s 20-Year War on the Middle East: But Can He?

By Walden Bello | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Next September, when the last C-130 cargo aircraft and Chinook transport helicopters take […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Climate Crisis
German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions

German climate activists prepare wave of court cases in wake of Dutch Court ruling that Big Oil must slash Emissions

By Edgar Meza | – Die Welt ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German climate protection NGOs are gearing up for full-scale legal attack on […]

Clean Energy Wire

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