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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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Are Evangelical Christians finally disappointed in Trump?

Are Evangelical Christians finally disappointed in Trump?

By Stewart Clem | – It has long been taken for granted that the majority of evangelical Christians in the United States will vote for […]

The Conversation

Central Intelligence Agency
Ending Regime Change - in Bolivia and the World

Ending Regime Change – in Bolivia and the World

( Code Pink) – Less than a year after the United States and the U.S.-backed Organization of American States (OAS) supported a violent military coup […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

al-Qaeda
What Do Radical Islam and Militant Christianity Have in Common?

What Do Radical Islam and Militant Christianity Have in Common?

Radical Minorities ( Christian Courier Canada) – In both Islam and Christianity, the mainstream has understood the core teachings of their founding prophets as proclamations […]

Bert de Vries

Acidification of Oceans
The Black Hole of Depressions:  Doing nothing about Climate Emergency could cost more than all the Wealth in the World

The Black Hole of Depressions: Doing nothing about Climate Emergency could cost more than all the Wealth in the World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A study in Nature Communications has found that if you add in variability to calculations of the impact of climate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Can Palestinians win over Israelis disillusioned with Right Wing Zionism?

Can Palestinians win over Israelis disillusioned with Right Wing Zionism?

By Hamada Fara’na ( Middle East Monitor) – Amira Hass is a courageous Israeli journalist who defends the Palestinian people relentlessly and without hesitation. She […]

Middle East Monitor

Christianity
No, Donald Trump didn't save Christianity:  He is about White Evangelical Nationalism

No, Donald Trump didn’t save Christianity: He is about White Evangelical Nationalism

By Tony Keddie | – It’s yet unknown how U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to position himself as the Christian candidate of choice will influence […]

The Conversation

Far Right
A Well-Armed and Unpatriotic Far Right

A Well-Armed and Unpatriotic Far Right

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was July 2017, a few weeks before the “Unite the Right” Charlottesville riots, when white […]

Tomdispatch

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The Republican Party's 2-Decade-Long March toward Hungarian and Turkish-Style Illiberalism

The Republican Party’s 2-Decade-Long March toward Hungarian and Turkish-Style Illiberalism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A study by Swedish political scientists at the University of Gothenburg’s V-Dem Institute has found that the US Republican Party […]

Juan Cole

Juan Cole
An Evening with Juan Cole on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam at Nicola’s/ Facebook

An Evening with Juan Cole on the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam at Nicola’s/ Facebook

Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor: An Evening with Juan Cole Tuesday, Oct 27 2020 – 7:00 pm ET Our friend Juan Cole is joining us on […]

Juan Cole

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