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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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How Miracle Workers made 60% of S. Australia's Electricity Green in only 20 Years

How Miracle Workers made 60% of S. Australia’s Electricity Green in only 20 Years

By Michael McGreevy and Fran Baum | – Less than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Biden's Return to the Paris Agreement Is Just the Beginning

Biden’s Return to the Paris Agreement Is Just the Beginning

By Lorah Steichen | – (Originally in National Priorities Project) (Institute for Policy Studies ) – On his first day in office, President Joe Biden […]

Institute for Policy Studies

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Biden's Double Standards: Iranian Civilians under severe US Sanctions but not accused Saudi Murderer Bin Salman

Biden’s Double Standards: Iranian Civilians under severe US Sanctions but not accused Saudi Murderer Bin Salman

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration on Friday declassified and released a CIA assessment that Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman bears responsibility […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Gulf War: As Biden bombs Iraqis, 30 years on the consequences of Desert Storm are still with us

Gulf War: As Biden bombs Iraqis, 30 years on the consequences of Desert Storm are still with us

By Lorena De Vita and Amir Taha | – It was a short message to end a short war. On February 26 1991, Iraqi foreign […]

The Conversation

Green Transportation
By the End of the Year, Germany will have a Million Electric Cars on the Road out of 4.7 mn Total

By the End of the Year, Germany will have a Million Electric Cars on the Road out of 4.7 mn Total

By Sören Amelang | – Germany will probably reach its target of having one million fully electric or plug-in hybrid cars on the road this […]

Clean Energy Wire

US Foreign Policy
Yemen: a war with no military solution ... and perhaps no political solution either

Yemen: a war with no military solution … and perhaps no political solution either

( Al-Bab.com) – The Yemeni city of Marib lies 120 km to the east of the capital, Sana’a, with mountainous territory in between. It was […]

Brian Whitaker

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Why the US needs to get out of Syria: Biden orders Bombing that kills 17 in Proxy dance with Iran

Why the US needs to get out of Syria: Biden orders Bombing that kills 17 in Proxy dance with Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Quds al-`Arabi [Arab Jerusalem]’ reports that at least seventeen fighters were killed in U.S. air strikes on Thursday night on […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Saudi Arabia: Proposed Reforms Neglect Basic Rights:  Ongoing Repression, Absence of Civil Society Impede Progress

Saudi Arabia: Proposed Reforms Neglect Basic Rights: Ongoing Repression, Absence of Civil Society Impede Progress

( Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia recently announced a series of important and necessary reforms, but ongoing repression and a lack of […]

Human Rights Watch

China
Biden, Climate Change, and China: A New Cold War equals A Scalding Planet

Biden, Climate Change, and China: A New Cold War equals A Scalding Planet

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Slowing the pace of climate change and getting “tough” on China, especially over its human-rights abuses and unfair trade practices, are […]

Michael T. Klare

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