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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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"Making the enemy blind": Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes?

“Making the enemy blind”: Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Associated Press is flatly denying the Israeli military’s cover story for why it bombarded the al-Jala tower in Gaza, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
"Much Worse than Apartheid": Israel's Discourse on Palestine is Crumbling

“Much Worse than Apartheid”: Israel’s Discourse on Palestine is Crumbling

On April 27, one of the world’s largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
Understanding Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza — And Who Benefits

Understanding Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza — And Who Benefits

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – “Both sides need to de-escalate.” “No one benefits from this. ” You’ll hear a lot of statements like that […]

Phyllis Bennis

Israel/ Palestine
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment

As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment

( The Conversation) – The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those […]

James L. Gelvin

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Gaza and Israel's Kidnapper's Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement

Gaza and Israel’s Kidnapper’s Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A war is when two antagonists fight one another all-out, until in fairly short order one wins and the other […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can't block out the Sounds of Israel's Bombardment

Letter from a Father in Gaza: Our Six-Year-Old can’t block out the Sounds of Israel’s Bombardment

By Yasser Abu Jamei, MD | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – I am writing this letter looking at my terrified 6-year-old son, who […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle

Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle

Written byأيمن حسونة Translated byYasmeen Omera ( GlobalVoices.org) – “If I don’t steal your house, someone else will.” This is how an Israeli settler called […]

Global Voices

Islam
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

By Ken Chitwood | – The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so […]

The Conversation

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Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children

Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of them Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Steve Hendrix, Shira Rubin and Michael E. Miller at WaPo report that Israeli air strikes on the densely populated urban […]

Juan Cole

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