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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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Trump and Iran in Last 17 Days: Will they or Won't They?

Trump and Iran in Last 17 Days: Will they or Won’t They?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There is a lot of buzz inside the Beltway, most of it generated inside the Beltway, about possible hostilities between […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
UN Trumpets Warning: Rich Nations aren't Acting Urgently enough to cut planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide Emissions

UN Trumpets Warning: Rich Nations aren’t Acting Urgently enough to cut planet-wrecking Carbon Dioxide Emissions

By Catherine Early | – ( China Dialogue ) – New net-zero pledges are welcome but need to be met with rapid action in national […]

China Dialogue

Bill of Rights
The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

The Trump Administration’s Final Push to Make It Easier for Religious Employers to Discriminate

By Lydia DePillis | – ( ProPublica ) – It was the hectic week before Thanksgiving, and Amrith Kaur — the legal director of an […]

ProPublica

Epidemics
How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts

By Andrew Latham | – Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ushered in or accelerated – […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
The Apartheid Pandemic:  As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have-- Will wait Months

The Apartheid Pandemic: As 10% of Israelis get Covid Vaccine, Zero Occupied Palestinians have– Will wait Months

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some ten percent of Israelis have already been given the coronavirus shot, showing what an efficient government can do for […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

COVID-19, the US Election and our Desperate Need for Clean Air, Green Energy

By Elif Selin Calik | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – One of the enduring images of 2020, the year of the pandemic, has […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

Six ways to ‘reboot your brain’ after a hard year of COVID-19 – according to science

By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley and Jianfeng Feng | – There’s no doubt that 2020 was difficult for everyone and tragic for many. But […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
German Researchers develop battery pack for electric cars that is 40% Lighter

German Researchers develop battery pack for electric cars that is 40% Lighter

By Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) have developed a […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Thanks to our Generous and Wonderful Readers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – We’re pretty sure that when all is said and done, we made our fundraising goal again this year. We can’t […]

Juan Cole

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