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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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Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

Despite ambiguity in international law, Palestinians are winning the ‘legitimacy war’

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Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

Rightwing Populism Will Make You Sick—Really

(Foreign Correspondent) – The four countries with the most confirmed COVID-19 infections in the world are all led by rightwing populists: the US, India, Brazil, […]

Reese Erlich

Epidemics
America's New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

America’s New Peculiar Institution: Health Care only for those who Can Afford it

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – The highly respected British medical journal, “The Lancet”, recently summarized the health insurance situation in the USA: “Although […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Authoritarianism
Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Trump and Kim Jong Un both Defy Coronavirus with Monumentally Stupid Monumental Gatherings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Kim Jong Un insists on having a huge parade in honor of the 75th anniversary of the ruling […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

Who are the white Nationalist Wolverine Watchmen, who Plotted Kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer?

By Amy Cooter | – Details are still emerging about the men arrested on federal and state charges related to an alleged plot to kidnap […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic: UN

Item 7, General Debate – UN Human Rights Council 45 Israeli authorities have continued to systematically repress and discriminate against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Human Rights Watch

Armenia
Where does Iran stand on Armenia's conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

Where does Iran stand on Armenia’s conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?

By Marwan Kabalan | – ( Middle East Monitor) – While most attention is focused on the positions of Russia and Turkey in the ongoing […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

With Crushing sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, is Trump trying to leave a War behind for Biden?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the dying Trump administration, literally on a sickbed, contemplates losing power, its hawks are lashing out at Iran in […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
How dangerous are the White Nationalists in the US Military?

How dangerous are the White Nationalists in the US Military?

By Jennifer Spindel, Matt Motta and Robert Ralston | – White nationalist groups, who make up some of the most serious terror threats in the […]

The Conversation

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