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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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Celebrating our Declaration of Independence from Covid with Poetry of Omar Khayyam

Celebrating our Declaration of Independence from Covid with Poetry of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden on Thursday expressed the expectation that the vaccination of the US population will have proceeded to the extent […]

Juan Cole

Green Energy
Defeating Climate Denialism by showing People how they will Win by Greening Society

Defeating Climate Denialism by showing People how they will Win by Greening Society

By Sarah Sharma and Matthew Hoffmann | – Canada and the United States are suddenly steeped in policy proposals to aggressively cut carbon emissions. In […]

The Conversation

Drones
Not Targeted or Bloodless: Why We Need an International Convention on Drones

Not Targeted or Bloodless: Why We Need an International Convention on Drones

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In the aftermath of the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, drone warfare is being […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Joe Biden
Ten Problems With Biden’s Foreign Policy – and One Solution

Ten Problems With Biden’s Foreign Policy – and One Solution

( Code Pink ) – The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Israel has Detained 13,000 Palestinian Children since 2000 and just took 5 more

Israel has Detained 13,000 Palestinian Children since 2000 and just took 5 more

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the year 2000, the Israeli military in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank has “detained, interrogated, prosecuted, and imprisoned approximately […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Biden is Reemphasizing Human Rights in Foreign Policy, Except for Palestinians

Biden is Reemphasizing Human Rights in Foreign Policy, Except for Palestinians

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel is reportedly concerned that US President Joe Biden will prioritise human rights over traditional allegiances in the Middle […]

Ramona Wadi

Joe Biden
Has the DC Foreign Policy Blob swallowed Joe Biden? We don’t need to be the World’s Policeman

Has the DC Foreign Policy Blob swallowed Joe Biden? We don’t need to be the World’s Policeman

( Tomdispatch.com ) – You may have noticed: the Blob is back. Beneath a veneer of gender and racial diversity, the Biden national security team […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Democracy
Why Tunisians are still out on the streets -- a decade after the Arab Spring

Why Tunisians are still out on the streets — a decade after the Arab Spring

By Saerom Han, Andrea Teti, and Pamela Abbott | – It has been 10 years since nation-wide protests in Tunisia led to the ousting of […]

The Conversation

Bernie Sanders
At Last, the End of Austerity:  Joe Biden's Really, Really Big Covid Stimulus aims to Jumpstart America

At Last, the End of Austerity: Joe Biden’s Really, Really Big Covid Stimulus aims to Jumpstart America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Joe Biden has redeemed the sins of the Obama administration, which did not enact a big enough stimulus truly to […]

Juan Cole

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