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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
"One State for Israel and Palestine is a Game Changer": A conversation with Ilan Pappe and Awad Abdelfattah on the one democratic state campaign

“One State for Israel and Palestine is a Game Changer”: A conversation with Ilan Pappe and Awad Abdelfattah on the one democratic state campaign

By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As the US ruling elites have fully succumbed to Israel’s political discourse […]

Ramzy Baroud

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Will it Ever Be Over?  The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

Will it Ever Be Over? The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

( Tomdispatch.com) – “This is a different kind of war, which we will wage aggressively and methodically to disrupt and destroy terrorist activity,” President George […]

Nick Turse

Donald Trump
Terrorism and invading the Legislature, in the  Middle East and America

Terrorism and invading the Legislature, in the Middle East and America

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump whipped up far right wing conspiracy theorists and white nationalists on Wednesday, telling them the election had been stolen […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
After the GOP Insurrection:  The Democrats only have 18 Months to Save Democracy with a Transformative Agenda

After the GOP Insurrection: The Democrats only have 18 Months to Save Democracy with a Transformative Agenda

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – The shocking Democratic sweep of Georgia’s double-barrel Senate runoffs, and the promise of unified Democratic control in D.C. for […]

David Faris

Donald Trump
Trump in Last Days is like a Wounded animal, and 3rd Parties are Urging him to Lash out at Iran

Trump in Last Days is like a Wounded animal, and 3rd Parties are Urging him to Lash out at Iran

By Oraib Al-Rantawi | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Just one drop will be enough for the cup of tension between the US and […]

Middle East Monitor

Congress
Cairo on the Potomac:  The siege on US Capitol was the election violence of a fragile democracy

Cairo on the Potomac: The siege on US Capitol was the election violence of a fragile democracy

By Clayton Besaw and Matthew Frank | – Did the United States just have a coup attempt? Supporters of President Donald Trump, following his encouragement, […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
"The Stone of Help:"  Rev. Raphael Warnock ran for the Senate from Ebenezer Baptist Church: What that means to American History

“The Stone of Help:” Rev. Raphael Warnock ran for the Senate from Ebenezer Baptist Church: What that means to American History

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the new senator from Georgia, grew up in Savannah. His commitment to the Black Baptist tradition […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Why Trump's Senate supporters can't overturn Electoral College results they don't like – here's how the law actually works

Why Trump’s Senate supporters can’t overturn Electoral College results they don’t like – here’s how the law actually works

By Donald Brand | – On Jan. 6, the United States Congress will gather in a joint session to tally the votes of the Electoral […]

The Conversation

Brazil
How the son of a Lebanese Migrant and Street Sweeper became Brazil's first Muslim Federal Judge

How the son of a Lebanese Migrant and Street Sweeper became Brazil’s first Muslim Federal Judge

By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and […]

Middle East Monitor

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