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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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Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion:  China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power

Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion: China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power

( Tomdispatch.com) – Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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Tens of Thousands Protest "Crime Minister" Netanyahu in Israel as his Political Survival hangs in Balance

Tens of Thousands Protest “Crime Minister” Netanyahu in Israel as his Political Survival hangs in Balance

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday at various places against Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is being tried for corruption, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's Occupation of Young Palestinians is Damaging their Mental Health and Wellbeing

How Israel’s Occupation of Young Palestinians is Damaging their Mental Health and Wellbeing

( Middle East Monitor ) -There is a major mental health crisis brewing in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. A study published in […]

Asa Winstanley

Asian-Americans
Anti-Asian violence shares the same roots as the hatred plaguing all communities of color

Anti-Asian violence shares the same roots as the hatred plaguing all communities of color

By Emma Jordan-Simpson and Cathy Kim | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Prejudice against Asian-Americans is nothing new. Sadly it is as American as […]

Waging Nonviolence

Asian-Americans
Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn't add up

Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn’t add up

By Niral Shah | – The narrative that “Asians are good at math” is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. […]

The Conversation

censorship
International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France

International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France

By Paola Bacchetta (Professor, University of California, Berkeley), Azeezah Kanji (Legal Academic and Journalist, Toronto) and David Palumbo-Liu (Professor, Stanford University) | – Earliest Signatories: […]

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German Greens come out against Russian Gas Pipeline: "It ought not to Exist"

German Greens come out against Russian Gas Pipeline: “It ought not to Exist”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Germany’s Green Party has come out strongly against the Nord Stream II Baltic natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. […]

Juan Cole

Asian-Americans
Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it's not a hate crime

Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it’s not a hate crime

By Pawan Dhingra | – Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Can Gaza’s Venerable Almond Groves survive the Israeli Occupation?

Can Gaza’s Venerable Almond Groves survive the Israeli Occupation?

By Wafa Aludaini | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As we headed to the east of Deir AlBalah, a town in the middle of […]

Middle East Monitor

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