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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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Importance of Middle East Plummets as Britain, Ireland, Denmark announce 2030 Funeral for New Gasoline Cars

Importance of Middle East Plummets as Britain, Ireland, Denmark announce 2030 Funeral for New Gasoline Cars

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Middle East is likely to plummet in significance for the United States over the next two decades. Let’s face […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
What Trump’s claim of a ‘stolen election’ means for activists today

What Trump’s claim of a ‘stolen election’ means for activists today

( Waging Nonviolence ) – I’m encountering a great deal of alarm among progressive activists regarding continued Republican claims of a stolen election. Do these […]

George Lakey

Climate Crisis
Why do People reject the Science of Climate Crisis, and can their Minds be Changed?

Why do People reject the Science of Climate Crisis, and can their Minds be Changed?

By Peter Ellerton | – Why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs? Do we understand why and how people change their mind […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Change Will Make Parts of the U.S. Uninhabitable; but Americans Are Still Moving There (ProPublica Video)

Climate Change Will Make Parts of the U.S. Uninhabitable; but Americans Are Still Moving There (ProPublica Video)

( ProPublica) – Over the past year, the advent of a professional economy powered by people working from home has quickened the conversation about where […]

Juan Cole

Environmentalism
As Wind, Solar, surge, Renewables to be Globe's largest Source of Electricity by 2025

As Wind, Solar, surge, Renewables to be Globe’s largest Source of Electricity by 2025

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency just issued a report concluding that wind and solar are growing rapidly, unlike beleaguered fossil fuels, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Moves to Involve U.S. Businesses and Academics in the Occupation of Palestine

Trump Moves to Involve U.S. Businesses and Academics in the Occupation of Palestine

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – In a little-noticed move before the U.S. presidential election, the Trump administration bestowed another […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Donald Trump
What's behind Trump's refusal to concede? For Republicans, the end game is Georgia and control of the Senate

What’s behind Trump’s refusal to concede? For Republicans, the end game is Georgia and control of the Senate

By Markus Wagner | – The world may have expected the chaos and uncertainty of the US presidential election to end when Joe Biden was […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Europeans express relief, hope for climate cooperation after Biden win

Europeans express relief, hope for climate cooperation after Biden win

By Kerstine Appunn, Charlotte Nijhuis, Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – European leaders, researchers and media commentators breathed […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Georgia's Embattled Sen. Perdue Protects own Beach-Front Mansion from Climate Emergency, while voting to Burn more Fossil Fuels

Georgia’s Embattled Sen. Perdue Protects own Beach-Front Mansion from Climate Emergency, while voting to Burn more Fossil Fuels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Republican Senator David Perdue of Georgia, facing a run-off against Jon Ossof, has an opulent six-room beach-front mansion that has […]

Juan Cole

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