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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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If there ever is another Presidential Debate, the Corporations shouldn't Manage it

If there ever is another Presidential Debate, the Corporations shouldn’t Manage it

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The organization most responsible for the debacle of the first Presidential debate offered an implicit apology and […]

John Buell

Constitution
Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession

By Stephanie Newbold | – Since Donald Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment on October 2, there have […]

The Conversation

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A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

A Death on 5th Avenue: America’s Maestro of Mayhem

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and […]

Tom Engelhardt

Climate Crisis
The Republican Party is Sick: Top 4 Ways it is Making You and Yours Sick, too

The Republican Party is Sick: Top 4 Ways it is Making You and Yours Sick, too

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Republican Party is sick. That isn’t a putdown, it is just the truth. The chair of the Republican National […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

Saudi Arabia: ‘Image Laundering’ Conceals Abuses

(Human Rights Watch) – (Beirut) – The Saudi government has spent billions of dollars hosting major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as a deliberate strategy […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
The Arctic hasn't been this hot for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

The Arctic hasn’t been this hot for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

By Julie Brigham-Grette and Steve Petsch | – Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How Trump gave $1 bn allocated for Masks for Troops, Families, to Arms Firms Instead

How Trump gave $1 bn allocated for Masks for Troops, Families, to Arms Firms Instead

By Phyllis Bennis | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – As the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out […]

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Donald Trump
Biggest Irony of 21st Century: Was GOP Elite sickened at Barrett fête while Plotting to end Americans' Health Care?

Biggest Irony of 21st Century: Was GOP Elite sickened at Barrett fête while Plotting to end Americans’ Health Care?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the twenty-first century’s biggest irony so far, last Saturday’s ceremony for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the […]

Juan Cole

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Revolutionary Guards Commander Gives Rare Estimate Of Money Iran Spent On Proxies, Military Aid In Region

Revolutionary Guards Commander Gives Rare Estimate Of Money Iran Spent On Proxies, Military Aid In Region

( RFE/RL) – Iran has spent nearly $20 billion pushing its controversial foreign policy objectives in the region, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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