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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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How Biden is determined to Parry Trump's Sabotage and restore Iran Nuclear Deal

How Biden is determined to Parry Trump’s Sabotage and restore Iran Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The NYT’s Thomas Friedman reports on a recent telephone conversation he had with Joe Biden, and the interview contains good […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why America’s Lame Duck 7 Weeks is Palestine’s Nightmare

Why America’s Lame Duck 7 Weeks is Palestine’s Nightmare

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Before Obama took office, Israel viciously assaulted the Gaza Strip. As Trump gets the boot, could another gambit be […]

Harry Blain

Israel/ Palestine
Occupation in the Time of COVID-19: Holding Israel Accountable for Palestinian Health

Occupation in the Time of COVID-19: Holding Israel Accountable for Palestinian Health

By Yara Asi Israel has directly contributed to the deterioration of Palestinians’ health during the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Al-Shabaka policy analyst, […]

Al-Shabaka

Democratic Socialism
Socialism is a trigger word on social media – but real discussion is going on amid the screaming

Socialism is a trigger word on social media – but real discussion is going on amid the screaming

Robert Kozinets | – The word “socialism” has become a trigger word in U.S. politics, with both positive and negative perceptions of it split along […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
After the Coronavirus took down Trump in Election, could Israeli PM Netanyahu be Next?

After the Coronavirus took down Trump in Election, could Israeli PM Netanyahu be Next?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadalah at the Israeli newspaper Arab48 reports that Benny Gantz, the Israeli minister of defense who was set to […]

Juan Cole

Conspiracy Theories
"Stop the Stupid": Even GOP Stalwarts Are Turning on Trump's Coup Attempt

“Stop the Stupid”: Even GOP Stalwarts Are Turning on Trump’s Coup Attempt

(Special to Informed Comment) – Trump’s coup may have failed, but the scars to democracy won’t heal for generations. In a fitting end to his […]

Sandy Milne

Climate Crisis
The Fall of the American Empire on a Failing Planet

The Fall of the American Empire on a Failing Planet

(Tomdispatch.com ) – We’re now living in an age of opacity, as Rudy Giuliani pointed out in a courtroom recently. Here was the exchange: “‘In […]

Tom Engelhardt

Democracy
Biden vows Turkey's Autocrat Erdogan must "Pay a Price" for attacks on Critics, Syrian Kurds

Biden vows Turkey’s Autocrat Erdogan must “Pay a Price” for attacks on Critics, Syrian Kurds

By Ahmet Alioglu | – ( Middle East Monitor) – One of the leading assistants of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, and a founder of the […]

Middle East Monitor

CIA
Israeli Official: "World should thank Israel" for murdering Iranian Scientist; CIA's Brennan: "Act of state-sponsored terrorism"

Israeli Official: “World should thank Israel” for murdering Iranian Scientist; CIA’s Brennan: “Act of state-sponsored terrorism”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – An unnamed Israeli official told the New York Times on Sunday, “the world should thank Israel” for killing Iranian nuclear […]

Juan Cole

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