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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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Authoritarianism
Chickens coming home to Roost: Liz Cheney's Father Pioneered the GOP Big Lie and Authoritarian Tactics in Iraq War

Chickens coming home to Roost: Liz Cheney’s Father Pioneered the GOP Big Lie and Authoritarian Tactics in Iraq War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rep. Liz Cheney has emerged as a voice for truth-telling in Trump’s Republican Party, standing up to the Big Lie […]

Juan Cole

Arab Americans
Yemeni people are being starved — so this Detroit organizer went on hunger strike in solidarity

Yemeni people are being starved — so this Detroit organizer went on hunger strike in solidarity

By Loretta Graceffo | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – During the early days of the war, when Iman Saleh called her family in Yemen, they […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

By Drew Shindell | – Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Can Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan escape the Shadow of Saigon?

Can Biden’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan escape the Shadow of Saigon?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Many of us have had a recurring nightmare. You know the one. In a fog between sleeping and waking, you’re trying desperately […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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44% of People in World Fear US will interfere with their Democracy, fearing China or Russia Less

44% of People in World Fear US will interfere with their Democracy, fearing China or Russia Less

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new Alliance of Democracies Poll conducted around the world with 50,000 people in 53 countries earlier this year finds […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Campaign of Israel's Netanyahu against Biden Iran Deal crashes and burns along with his Career

Campaign of Israel’s Netanyahu against Biden Iran Deal crashes and burns along with his Career

( Middle East Monitor) – The Israeli security and military delegations flocking to Washington in the past few weeks have returned disappointed following their failed […]

Oraib AlRantawi

Demographic Decline
For Greying Geriatric Wealthy Countries, Immigrants are the Solution, not a "Crisis"

For Greying Geriatric Wealthy Countries, Immigrants are the Solution, not a “Crisis”

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Germany faces a major crisis. The German birth rate is considerably below what’s needed to replace the population. German […]

John Feffer

Democratic Socialists of America
How 'socialism' stopped being a dirty word for some voters – and started winning elections across America

How ‘socialism’ stopped being a dirty word for some voters – and started winning elections across America

By Joshua Kluever | – The leftist Democratic Socialists of America, which helped congressional star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez get elected in 2018, looks to be a […]

The Conversation

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For 1st time, Ultra High Resolution Photo released of Black Stone in Mecca, sacred relic of Islam

For 1st time, Ultra High Resolution Photo released of Black Stone in Mecca, sacred relic of Islam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Saudi commission for the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina revealed in a tweet on Tuesday that it […]

Juan Cole

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