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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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Islamophobia
Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper

Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper

By Caleb Elfenbein | – A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its top executives in federal court over the company’s failure to crack […]

The Conversation

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Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador, Fines for importing Settler-made Goods

Irish Parties and People demand Expulsion of Israeli ambassador, Fines for importing Settler-made Goods

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The recent Israeli assault on the Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the bombardment of Gaza, has stirred […]

Juan Cole

Employment
On How there is no Restaurant Worker Shortage, only a Shortage of Safe Jobs with Adequate Pay

On How there is no Restaurant Worker Shortage, only a Shortage of Safe Jobs with Adequate Pay

From the earliest days of the Pandemic relief initiatives business lobbies and conservative pundits have griped about the $600 Federal Unemployment Insurance supplement. They complained […]

John Buell

Banking
Let Lebanon be Lebanon: Paris should Stop Threatening Beirut with EU Sanctions

Let Lebanon be Lebanon: Paris should Stop Threatening Beirut with EU Sanctions

John Hickman “Governing Lebanon is surely more daunting than governing France.”[1] That pearl of wisdom in an essay defending consociational democracy by University of Pennsylvania […]

John Hickman

Feminism
Changing the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault:  Or How Not to Leave the Fox Guarding the Henhouse

Changing the Way the Military Handles Sexual Assault: Or How Not to Leave the Fox Guarding the Henhouse

By Andrea Mazzarino | – (Tomdispatch.com ) – Given the more than 60 Democratic and Republican votes lined up, the Senate is poised to move […]

Tomdispatch

Israel/ Palestine
Eman Askar's TikTok deep-history 'Song for Palestine' goes Viral with 10 mn Views in 48 Hours

Eman Askar’s TikTok deep-history ‘Song for Palestine’ goes Viral with 10 mn Views in 48 Hours

“A song telling the story of Palestine has gone viral on social media. TikToker Eman Askar – @emmasworld.101 – rhymes off of historical facts with […]

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Entertainment
As Boteach comes for Dua Lipa, has Tactic of Smearing People as anti-Semites for Backing Palestinian Human Rights jumped the Shark?

As Boteach comes for Dua Lipa, has Tactic of Smearing People as anti-Semites for Backing Palestinian Human Rights jumped the Shark?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Orthodox Rabbi Shmuely Boteach has come after the brilliant, Grammy-award-winning Kosovar-British pop star Dua Lipa with an ad in the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Why Coal Must be Phased out by 2030 to Save the Planet

Why Coal Must be Phased out by 2030 to Save the Planet

By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany’s recently revamped Climate Action Law calls for the energy sector to reduce CO2 […]

Clean Energy Wire

Israel/ Palestine
Why Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the Israeli Oppression of Palestinians

Why Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah is a microcosm of the Israeli Oppression of Palestinians

By Jamal Kanj | | ( Middle East Monitor) – Palestinian diaspora narratives are broad. Sheikh Jarrah is the story of Palestinian families, in one […]

Middle East Monitor

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