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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
Why Palestinians Protest their Eviction by Israel: The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah

Why Palestinians Protest their Eviction by Israel: The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah

There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories. One is read about and watched on the news, the other receives little media coverage or due analysis. […]

Middle East Monitor

Joe Biden
Why the Pentagon Budget Never Goes Down: Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize

Why the Pentagon Budget Never Goes Down: Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize

By Mandy Smithberger | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – The first 100 days of President Joe Biden’s administration have come and gone. While somewhat exaggerated, that […]

Tomdispatch

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What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter?  That's how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter? That’s how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – One of the most outrageous Israeli actions against the Palestinians of East Jerusalem during the past week has been the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Repression and Land Grabs, and the Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem

Israeli Repression and Land Grabs, and the Palestinian Protests in Jerusalem

By Anjuman Rahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Violence has become a permanent feature of Ramadan for the people of occupied Palestine. […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan:   Fundamentalist Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

Killing Schoolgirls in Afghanistan: Fundamentalist Attackers Target Girls Leaving Kabul High School

By Heather Barr | Interim Co-Director, Women’s Rights Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Scenes from Sayed ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul, Afghanistan, […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Our Climate Future is on a Spectrum, Depending on What we Do Now; How Bad could it Get?

Our Climate Future is on a Spectrum, Depending on What we Do Now; How Bad could it Get?

By Mark Maslin | – The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat – people are now living with the consequences of centuries of […]

The Conversation

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How Biden Enabled Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian E. Jerusalem by affirming Trump move of US Embassy There

How Biden Enabled Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian E. Jerusalem by affirming Trump move of US Embassy There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The post of U.S. ambassador to Israel is still vacant, but the charge d’affaires, Jonathan Shrier, sent over some objections […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Anti-Muslim Racism remains a Blind Spot in American Efforts for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Anti-Muslim Racism remains a Blind Spot in American Efforts for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

(Special to Informed Comment) – When I first read Jack Shaheen’s seminal book, Reel Bad Arabs, which documents negative stereotypes of Muslims and Arabs in […]

Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Saudi Arabia
With 50K Yemenis starving to death and 3 mn displaced by War, Western Gov'ts still Back Saudi War

With 50K Yemenis starving to death and 3 mn displaced by War, Western Gov’ts still Back Saudi War

( OpenDemocracy.net ) – Two months ago, with the war in Yemen entering its seventh year, the UN secretary general, in his appeal to funders […]

Helen Lackner

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