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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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Afghanistan
Will our Post-Pandemic Forever Wars be Fought at a Social Distance?

Will our Post-Pandemic Forever Wars be Fought at a Social Distance?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Covid-19, an ongoing global human tragedy, may have at least one silver lining. It has led millions of people to question America’s […]

Danny Sjursen

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Lapid warns of "Civil War" as Netanyahu Accuses Courts of Conspiracy and Pledges to Steal 1/3 of Palestine

Lapid warns of “Civil War” as Netanyahu Accuses Courts of Conspiracy and Pledges to Steal 1/3 of Palestine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s i24 reports that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed his Likud Party on Monday and said that he will […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
500,000 Yemenis displaced by Renewed Fighting Face Coronavirus Dangers

500,000 Yemenis displaced by Renewed Fighting Face Coronavirus Dangers

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Civilians fleeing renewed fighting in northern Yemen are particularly vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said today. […]

Human Rights Watch

China
Trump’s ‘Uncreative Destruction’ of the U.S.-China Relationship

Trump’s ‘Uncreative Destruction’ of the U.S.-China Relationship

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies, and corporate downsizing as […]

John Feffer

Banking
Is Mitch McConnell Blocking further Congressional Aid to States on Behalf of Vulture Funds and Corporations with Impunity?

Is Mitch McConnell Blocking further Congressional Aid to States on Behalf of Vulture Funds and Corporations with Impunity?

Has the Senate Majority Leader lost his faith in the wisdom and predictability of markets? Crude partisanship may underlie his reluctance to enact further Covid […]

John Buell

Afghanistan
On Memorial Day:  How the US Lost its "Battle of Aqaba" to the Coronavirus

On Memorial Day: How the US Lost its “Battle of Aqaba” to the Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On July 6, 1917, Auda Abu Tayy led his Howeitat tribesmen in a successful attack on the Ottoman port of […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
As 38.6 Million File for Unemployment, Wealth of Billionaires surged $435 Bn

As 38.6 Million File for Unemployment, Wealth of Billionaires surged $435 Bn

By Omar Ocampo and Chuck Collins | – ( Inequality.org) – The number of U.S. citizens filing for unemployment increased to 38.6 million since March […]

Inequality.org

Authoritarianism
Is Trump Ally Saudi Arabia moving toward Tolerance or Fear?

Is Trump Ally Saudi Arabia moving toward Tolerance or Fear?

( Middle East Monitor ) – 21 May marked UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a heavy contributor of […]

Bill Law

Employment
Not much of a Safety Net: Millions of Americans lost their Health Care and Apartments when COVID-19 Took their Jobs

Not much of a Safety Net: Millions of Americans lost their Health Care and Apartments when COVID-19 Took their Jobs

By Paul Shafer | – The United States is experiencing its steepest economic slide in modern history. Tens of millions of Americans have filed new […]

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