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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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Archaeology
40,000 BC: Earth's magnetic field flipped, causing massive sudden climate change and Extinction of Neanderthals

40,000 BC: Earth’s magnetic field flipped, causing massive sudden climate change and Extinction of Neanderthals

By Chris Fogwill, Alan Hogg, Chris Turney, and Zoë Thomas | – The world experienced a few centuries of apocalyptic conditions 42,000 years ago, triggered […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
America’s Sick Metamorphosis: Have we Awoken to find our Country a Trump Roach Hotel?

America’s Sick Metamorphosis: Have we Awoken to find our Country a Trump Roach Hotel?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Like Gregor Samsa, the never-to-be-forgotten character in Franz Kafka’s story “The Metamorphosis,” we awoke on January 7th to discover that we, too, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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Biden's Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Biden’s Saudi Game of Thrones: Is he trying to Sideline crown prince Bin Salman?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – BBC Arabic reports that Saudi Twitter has gone wild with responses to the apparent sidelining by President Biden of Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

As Israel aims for 1 mn. Squatters on Palestinian Territory, Settler Violence against Indigenous Palestinians Spikes

By Osama Othman | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers have become more frequent in the occupied West Bank. One […]

Middle East Monitor

US Foreign Policy
'An Obstructive Body' and 'menace to liberties': How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

‘An Obstructive Body’ and ‘menace to liberties’: How the U.S. Senate is a Global Problem

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate’s approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even […]

John Feffer

India
Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers' protests are being called a 'satyagraha' – which means 'embracing the truth'

Nonviolent Noncooperation: Why Indian farmers’ protests are being called a ‘satyagraha’ – which means ’embracing the truth’

By Sumit Ganguly | – For the past few months, farmers protesting in India’s capital, New Delhi, have been demanding the repeal of three farm […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

From Covid to Power outages in Ice Storms, the Texas Republican Party has created a Failed State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party has had a lock on Texas politics for over two decades, and has reduced it to a […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

Biden seeks peace in Yemen, but will the warring factions come on board?

( Al-Bab.com) – The US State Department confirmed on Friday that it is revoking a last-minute decision by the Trump administration to designate Yemen’s Houthi […]

Brian Whitaker

Joe Biden
'Indian Country' is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

‘Indian Country’ is excited about the first Native American secretary of the interior – and the promise she has for addressing issues of importance to all Americans

By Traci Morris | – President Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to lead the Department of the Interior is historic […]

The Conversation

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