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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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Israel/ Palestine
The Height of Chutzpah: Notorious Racist Netanyahu seeks Palestinian-Israeli Votes to divide the Joint List

The Height of Chutzpah: Notorious Racist Netanyahu seeks Palestinian-Israeli Votes to divide the Joint List

By Ali Abu Hableh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Arab MKs (members of the Knesset — parliament) in Israel from the various parties […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
With Yellen at Treasury, Can we Finally get a Progressive Carbon Tax?

With Yellen at Treasury, Can we Finally get a Progressive Carbon Tax?

By Rachel Kyte | – Janet Yellen is poised to be the next U.S. Treasury secretary, and her inbox will require every ounce of her […]

The Conversation

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Time for Biden to end the Forever Wars and bring Iran in from the Cold

Time for Biden to end the Forever Wars and bring Iran in from the Cold

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although former president Trump claims to have avoided starting any new wars, he in fact put the US on a […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?

How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – While the US remains preoccupied with the upcoming Joe Biden inauguration, Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was detained at […]

Nikola Mikovic

Books
An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq

An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq

The Algerian newspaper Echorouq [al-Shuruq] has published a positive review of the Arabic translation of my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

( Tomdispatch.com ) – How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in […]

Rebecca Gordon

Donald Trump
“The Horror, the Horror.” An epitaph for Trump’s Nazi Presidency

“The Horror, the Horror.” An epitaph for Trump’s Nazi Presidency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness, the imperial commercial agent Kurtz, who has committed horrible atrocities against Black Congolese […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Can Biden's $15/ hr Minimum Wage begin restoring Working Class trust?

Can Biden’s $15/ hr Minimum Wage begin restoring Working Class trust?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Watch CNN almost any time lately and one is inundated with scenes of the lethal riots in […]

John Buell

Democratic Party
The Mall was 1/2 empty for Trump’s Inauguration, but the threat of his armed Militias Completely Emptied it for Biden’s

The Mall was 1/2 empty for Trump’s Inauguration, but the threat of his armed Militias Completely Emptied it for Biden’s

By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – Four years ago, President Donald Trump claimed the crowd attending his inauguration was […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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