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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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Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling on This Election

Amy Coney Barrett Has No Business Ruling on This Election

By Rev. Susan K. Smith ( Otherwords.org ) – Well before Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, every step in […]

OtherWords

Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s security services flourish while people starve; what sort of ‘president’ is Assad?

Syria’s security services flourish while people starve; what sort of ‘president’ is Assad?

Ghazi Dahman | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no surprise that the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre has released documents revealing […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
Peace and pro-Christian themes in Muhammad and the Qur'an

Peace and pro-Christian themes in Muhammad and the Qur’an

Juan Cole is interviewed below by Professor Adnan Husain, Queens University (co-editor of A Faithful Sea: The Religious Cultures of the Mediterranean, 1200-1700) on themes […]

Juan Cole

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For Insights into Michigan's Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole's Short, "Small Arms" (4 mn Views)

For Insights into Michigan’s Toxic culture of Masculinity and Guns see Groundbreaking Director Arman Cole’s Short, “Small Arms” (4 mn Views)

Arman Cole is a director and graduate of the University of Southern California film school. His dramatic short film, Small Arms stars Tyler Young and […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Kamala Harris's best Zingers and Pence's worst Lies

Kamala Harris’s best Zingers and Pence’s worst Lies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Pence-Harris debate was what disagreements among normal people might look like, as opposed to the weird behavior of Trump […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

Palestinian Refugees expelled by Israel to Lebanon are caught in its Multilayered Crisis

By Jaber Suleiman | – (Al-Shabaka) – The disastrous explosion that struck Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, greatly exacerbated the impact of the COVID-19 […]

Al-Shabaka

China
Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by  China-Iran Deal?

Is US Ally Pakistan tempted instead by China-Iran Deal?

Arhama Siddiqa | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is no secret that despite international sanctions, Iran is known for leaving Western powers […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House

When America Sneezes, does the whole World catch Cold? Foes and Allies eye a Sick White House

By Monti Datta | – America’s national security officials are on alert and global markets shook – at least briefly – following the announcement that […]

The Conversation

Cults
Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19

Fundamentalist Pastor and Trumpie John Hagee, who sued over Pandemic Shutdown, Contracts COVID-19

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last summer, the mayor of San Antonio, Ron Nirenberg, ordered all schools closed until September 7 as a mitigation measure […]

Juan Cole

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