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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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In the Midst of a Pandemic, Can we Afford to spend Trillions on War Industries?

In the Midst of a Pandemic, Can we Afford to spend Trillions on War Industries?

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Camus’ novel of a lethal contagion in the North African city of Oran is filled with characters all too […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Epidemics
Despite the Opposition of Some, The Science is Clear: Masks Stop the Spread of Coronavirus and should be Mandatory

Despite the Opposition of Some, The Science is Clear: Masks Stop the Spread of Coronavirus and should be Mandatory

By Jeremy Howard | I’m a data scientist at the University of San Francisco and teach courses online in machine learning for fast.ai. In late […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov't Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with "Darkest Winter in Modern History"

Dr. Bright to Congress: With 85,000 already Dead, US Gov’t Coronavirus Inaction threatens us with “Darkest Winter in Modern History”

The testimony of Dr. Rick Bright on Thursday was a remarkably low-key affair given the bombshell revelations Ruiz divulged of the paralysis, inaction and frankly […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic

Democracy is not a Luxury in Times of Pandemic

Washington, D.C. (Special to Informed Comment) – While some pundits extol the virtue of strong government (i.e., dictatorship) in fighting Covid-19, Middle Eastern activists are […]

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Culture
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:  “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “All those whose Names are Written in Love’s Book”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day All hearts that shine with passion’s radiance, no matter if they pray in mosque or church– all […]

Juan Cole

China
How China's Han Empire Predicted America’s Imperial Decay

How China’s Han Empire Predicted America’s Imperial Decay

Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – The Han dynasty’s collapse is an abject lesson in imperial decay that prefigures in alarming ways our own […]

Martin Powers

Epidemics
Who is "Essential" to our Covid-19 World?  A Military Spouse's Perspective on Fighting this Pandemic

Who is “Essential” to our Covid-19 World? A Military Spouse’s Perspective on Fighting this Pandemic

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – “When he first came home, it was tough.” So Aleha, the wife of an airman in […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel's new Annexationist Government

Top 6 Reasons Trump & Pompeo are Blessing Israel’s new Annexationist Government

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dropped in on Israel on Wednesday to bestow his blessing on the new annexationist […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
How the Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers

How the Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers

By Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella | – (ProPublica) – After an extraordinary, two-year battle to keep secret the name of a Saudi diplomat suspected […]

ProPublica

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