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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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Donald Trump
Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Trump Pardons Blackwater 4 for Nisour Square Massacre in Iraq, because Whites must never Suffer for Killing Innocent Brown People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, Trump the Mad pardoned 4 Blackwater mercenaries who killed 14 Iraqi civilians, including a nine-year-old boy, with indiscriminate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

“Master Swindler” Netanyahu isn’t the Cause of Israel’s Instability or Ruinous Colonization of Palestine, but the Symptom

( Middle East Monitor ) – It is convenient to surmise that Israel’s current political crisis is consistent with the country’s unfailing trajectory of short-lived […]

Ramzy Baroud

Environmentalism
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs

Memona Hossain | – Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020 would […]

The Conversation

Iraq
‘Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay:’  Can America learn the Lessons of Iraq and Vietnam

‘Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay:’ Can America learn the Lessons of Iraq and Vietnam

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In choosing a title for his final, posthumously published book, the prominent public intellectual Tony Judt turned to a poem by […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Trump sent Feds to Portland, but will coddle White Supremacist militias who invaded Oregon State House

Trump sent Feds to Portland, but will coddle White Supremacist militias who invaded Oregon State House

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Far right brown shirts, some armed with firearms or bear mace, invaded the Oregon state house in Salem on Monday. […]

Juan Cole

Kurds
Will Syrian Kurds be crushed between the Russian Hammer and Turkish Anvil?

Will Syrian Kurds be crushed between the Russian Hammer and Turkish Anvil?

Major global actors in the Middle East are traditionally using the Kurds as bargaining chips for their own geopolitical trade. Russia is no exception. The […]

Nikola Mikovic

Russia
Why is the Russian Public Paying for Bombing Schools in Syria?

Why is the Russian Public Paying for Bombing Schools in Syria?

By Belkis Wille | – Senior Researcher, Crisis and Conflict Division | – ( Human Rights Watch) – The Russian military marked the fifth anniversary […]

Human Rights Watch

religion
Did Rise of Non-Religious 'Values Voters' Help tip the Election to Dems?

Did Rise of Non-Religious ‘Values Voters’ Help tip the Election to Dems?

By Phil Zuckerman | – The voting patterns of religious groups in the U.S. have been scrutinized since the presidential election for evidence of shifting […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Trump aping Mideast Tinpot Dictators and raving about declaring Martial Law, which even Iran Prohibits

Trump aping Mideast Tinpot Dictators and raving about declaring Martial Law, which even Iran Prohibits

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With Trump raving in White House meetings, prompted by the equally certifiable Michael Flynn, about declaring martial law, it sets […]

Juan Cole

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