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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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President Biden Honors 500K Dead.  He didn't say so, but they didn't have to Die

President Biden Honors 500K Dead. He didn’t say so, but they didn’t have to Die

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Biden on Monday honored the deaths of 500,000 Americans from COVID-19. It is a very large number, and commentator […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How the Israeli Occupation has devastated the Palestinian Economy

How the Israeli Occupation has devastated the Palestinian Economy

( Al-Shabakah) – The Israeli occupation has crippled Palestinian productive sectors, leading to the dominance of internal trade in the Palestinian economy. Al-Shabaka policy analyst, […]

Ibrahim Saleh

Iran
Biden and the Iran nuclear deal: what to expect from the negotiations

Biden and the Iran nuclear deal: what to expect from the negotiations

By Ali Bilgic | – As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, speculation was rife that one of […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
President Biden wants More Vaccine Doses Sooner:  Why it is Physically Impossible before Summer

President Biden wants More Vaccine Doses Sooner: Why it is Physically Impossible before Summer

By Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson | – ( ProPublica ) – President Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, […]

ProPublica

Epidemics
Israeli Ministry of Health Study finds Pfizer Vaccine stops 89.4% of Virus transmission, Raising Hopes of Return to Normalcy: Der Spiegel

Israeli Ministry of Health Study finds Pfizer Vaccine stops 89.4% of Virus transmission, Raising Hopes of Return to Normalcy: Der Spiegel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s national health system, an artefact of its past as a country founded by socialists, has allowed the country of […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Saudi women’s activist Loujain al-Hathloul released and tweeting

Saudi women’s activist Loujain al-Hathloul released and tweeting

She remains restrained by a travel ban and limits on public appearances

Global Voices

Epidemics
WHO Busts Wuhan Myths: Pandemic started with wild Animal, not Lab, and Wet Market wasn't Ground Zero

WHO Busts Wuhan Myths: Pandemic started with wild Animal, not Lab, and Wet Market wasn’t Ground Zero

By Dominic Dwyer | – As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China. There, I was the Australian […]

The Conversation

Civil Rights
90 Years of Secular Progress: As Fundamentalism Weakened, I saw America grow Strong and Diverse

90 Years of Secular Progress: As Fundamentalism Weakened, I saw America grow Strong and Diverse

Charleston, WV (Special to Informed Comment) – I’ll be 90 on my next birthday. My long life is sinking, shrinking, slip-sliding away. My wife is […]

James A. Haught

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We can do this:  Americans put in massive 17 Gigawatts of Wind Power in 2020 despite Pandemic, Recession, and Neanderthal Conservatives

We can do this: Americans put in massive 17 Gigawatts of Wind Power in 2020 despite Pandemic, Recession, and Neanderthal Conservatives

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While conservatives like Texas governor Greg Abbott and Tucker Carlson have been busy putting down wind turbines as unreliable, America […]

Juan Cole

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