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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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Donald Trump
Other Countries get Testing, Contact Tracing and Open Economies: We get President Lysol and Malign Neglect

Other Countries get Testing, Contact Tracing and Open Economies: We get President Lysol and Malign Neglect

By Ann Jones | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Donald Trump is not a president. He can’t even play one on TV. He’s a corrupt […]

Tomdispatch

Democracy
Trump Vetoes War Powers Restrictions on Attacking Iran as "Insulting"-- as Iraq's new PM enters Crosshairs

Trump Vetoes War Powers Restrictions on Attacking Iran as “Insulting”– as Iraq’s new PM enters Crosshairs

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – ( Nikki Carvajal at CNN reports that Trump vetoed the invocation of the War Powers Act passed by both the […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, “True lovers always are out of their minds”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, “True lovers always are out of their minds”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day True lovers always are out of their minds. They’re crazy and distracted and disgraced. When we are […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Lied about the Palestinians, Cut off their Refugee Aid, and now Plans to Give away their Land to Netanyahu

Trump Lied about the Palestinians, Cut off their Refugee Aid, and now Plans to Give away their Land to Netanyahu

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – ( Middle East Monitor) – As US President, Donald Trump has been doing his best to empower […]

Middle East Monitor

Epidemics
Is Big Pharma more Interested in Profiteering than Protecting us from Coronavirus?

Is Big Pharma more Interested in Profiteering than Protecting us from Coronavirus?

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – April 12, 1955 stands out as the brightest day in the history of vaccine development and public health […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Epidemics
Stop Calling them Heroes if You won't give Essential Workers Sick Leave and Health Care like Every Other Industrialized Country

Stop Calling them Heroes if You won’t give Essential Workers Sick Leave and Health Care like Every Other Industrialized Country

By Paul F. Clark | – The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the degree to which we depend on the work of others. This is particularly […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “Who brought you, tipsy, here to me?”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: “Who brought you, tipsy, here to me?”

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Quatrain of the Day Tonight, who brought you, tipsy, here to me? Who brought you to my hand without a veil? […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Anti-Immigrant Trump promotes Burning Fossil Fuels that will displace Millions toward US

Anti-Immigrant Trump promotes Burning Fossil Fuels that will displace Millions toward US

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences presents findings that shocked the authors themselves. If […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
'A Cascade of Human Rights Abuses:' Why the world must Halt Israel's Further Land Grab in Palestinian West Bank

‘A Cascade of Human Rights Abuses:’ Why the world must Halt Israel’s Further Land Grab in Palestinian West Bank

( Middle East Monitor ) – UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk’s criticism of the forthcoming US-Israeli annexation of more Palestinian land offers a good start […]

Ramona Wadi

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