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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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Was Mark Ruffalo wrong to accuse Israel of Genocide?

Was Mark Ruffalo wrong to accuse Israel of Genocide?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The great actor and great humanitarian Mark Ruffalo apologized on Twitter last week for asserting that Israel was committing “genocide” […]

Juan Cole

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Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop – UN expert

Israel: Violence, hate speech, discrimination against Palestinian minority must stop – UN expert

( UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner) | GENEVA | – A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel’s Palestinian minority by […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate explained: why is the frozen Arctic heating up faster than other parts of the world?

Climate explained: why is the frozen Arctic heating up faster than other parts of the world?

By Steve Turton | – What is Arctic amplification? Do we know what is causing this phenomenon? What effects is it having, both in the […]

The Conversation

Education
Covid-19, our Public Schools and the Real-Time Lessons of Civic Democracy

Covid-19, our Public Schools and the Real-Time Lessons of Civic Democracy

By Belle Chesler | ( Tomdispatch.com) – It seems appropriate that the 2020-2021 school year in Portland, Oregon, began amid toxic smoke from the catastrophic […]

Belle Chesler

Authoritarianism
Flynn calls for Myanmar-Style Military Junta in U.S. - If he were Black, Brown or Muslim he'd be in Guantánamo

Flynn calls for Myanmar-Style Military Junta in U.S. – If he were Black, Brown or Muslim he’d be in Guantánamo

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donie O’Sullivan at CNN reports that disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn called for a military coup, like the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
This time, Palestine Solidarity Swept the U.S.

This time, Palestine Solidarity Swept the U.S.

By Shane Burley | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – In mid-May, hundreds gathered in Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon with signs denouncing the […]

Waging Nonviolence

Inequality
Biden’s modest corporate tax increases to fund public infrastructure projects are wildly popular — except among CEOs

Biden’s modest corporate tax increases to fund public infrastructure projects are wildly popular — except among CEOs

By Jim Hightower ( Otherwords.org) – “Outrageous,” screeched the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It doesn’t feel fair,” whimpered a top corporate executive. The wailing by […]

Jim Hightower

Climate Crisis
Climate change will cost a teenager up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals

Climate change will cost a teenager up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals

By Liam Phelan and Jacquie Svenson | – The Federal Court today dismissed a bid by a group of Australian teenagers seeking to prevent federal […]

The Conversation

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Why proposed new Israeli PM, extreme-right Naftali "I've Killed a Lot of Arabs" Bennett, is even worse for Palestinians than far right Netanyahu

Why proposed new Israeli PM, extreme-right Naftali “I’ve Killed a Lot of Arabs” Bennett, is even worse for Palestinians than far right Netanyahu

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a prime time address on Sunday evening, right wing extremist Israeli politician Naftali Bennett announced that he intended to […]

Juan Cole

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