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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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Stumbling into War?  Could the U.S. and China Face an Unintended Blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden Years?

Stumbling into War? Could the U.S. and China Face an Unintended Blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden Years?

( Tomdispatch.com) – The leaders of China and the United States certainly don’t seek a war with each another. Both the Biden administration and the […]

Michael T. Klare

Egypt
Egypt's Sisi threatens 'Instability that no one Can Imagine": Will the Next Mideast War be over Water?

Egypt’s Sisi threatens ‘Instability that no one Can Imagine”: Will the Next Mideast War be over Water?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The closure of the Suez Canal for a week by the Ultra Large Container Ship, the Ever Given, signaled the […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israel's Latest Election produces no Clear Winner, except the far Right and the Occupation

Israel’s Latest Election produces no Clear Winner, except the far Right and the Occupation

( Middle East Monitor ) – A “major setback” was the recurring theme in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s General Election […]

Ramzy Baroud

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The US lost the Afghanistan War and is finally Leaving, but can Biden win the Peace?

The US lost the Afghanistan War and is finally Leaving, but can Biden win the Peace?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In October 1944, with the end of World War II in sight, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin passed a […]

John Feffer

Joe Biden
Biden's Commitment to powering 20 mn Homes with Offshore Wind is a US Energy Revolution

Biden’s Commitment to powering 20 mn Homes with Offshore Wind is a US Energy Revolution

By Erin Baker and Matthew Lackner | – The United States’ offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island […]

The Conversation

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US Church Membership falls under 50%; Are Republicans, anti-Gay Evangelicals driving Youth away?

US Church Membership falls under 50%; Are Republicans, anti-Gay Evangelicals driving Youth away?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since about 2000, Americans have begun abandoning religion in droves, especially but not only the younger generations (Millennials and younger). […]

Juan Cole

Haredim
Israeli election: Fundamentalist Mansour Abbas emerges as possible first Muslim kingmaker in nation's history

Israeli election: Fundamentalist Mansour Abbas emerges as possible first Muslim kingmaker in nation’s history

By John Strawson | – For Israel, this has been the “no change, all change” election. No change in that the result appears inconclusive – […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Jewish Nat'l Fund Lawsuit against Palestinian Rights Advocacy in US Slapped down by Federal Judge on First Amendment Grounds

Jewish Nat’l Fund Lawsuit against Palestinian Rights Advocacy in US Slapped down by Federal Judge on First Amendment Grounds

U.S. Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Jewish National Fund Against Palestinian Rights Nonprofit Contact: press@ccrjustice.org Lawsuit “Not Persuasive,” Judge Rules ( Center for Constitutional […]

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Immigration
Is the Biden Administration outsourcing the Border?

Is the Biden Administration outsourcing the Border?

By Aviva Chomsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Joe Biden entered the White House with some inspiring yet contradictory positions on immigration and Central […]

Aviva Chomsky

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