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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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Unless we Halt Trump's War on the Environment, the next Pandemic is coming for Us

Unless we Halt Trump’s War on the Environment, the next Pandemic is coming for Us

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Congress is already thinking about how to prevent the next pandemic. See how quickly Cory Booker (D-NJ) has […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Saudi Arabia
Despite Trump support for Saudi Arabia, it is finally on the verge of defeat in Yemen

Despite Trump support for Saudi Arabia, it is finally on the verge of defeat in Yemen

By Omar Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Exactly five years ago, the US-backed, Saudi-led Arab coalition carried out its first air […]

Omar Ahmed

Donald Trump
Trump Bankrupting WHO during Pandemic, Hurting Vaccine Coordination and Killing People in Global South

Trump Bankrupting WHO during Pandemic, Hurting Vaccine Coordination and Killing People in Global South

By Adam Kamradt-Scott | – US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump Kneecapped World Health Organization amid Pandemic; Jimmy Carter used it in bid to Wipe out Guinea Worm

Trump Kneecapped World Health Organization amid Pandemic; Jimmy Carter used it in bid to Wipe out Guinea Worm

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In another petty, destructive and self-serving tirade, Trump announced Tuesday that he is halting US funding for the World Health […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
With Rich Cushioned and Millions losing Jobs, let's Dump "Heroic Job Creators" vs. "Moochers"  Myth

With Rich Cushioned and Millions losing Jobs, let’s Dump “Heroic Job Creators” vs. “Moochers” Myth

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – Republican Presidents Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Donald Trump and the 2020 GOP […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Pentagon
Empire and Blowback: Remembering Chalmers Johnson's Critique of American Imperialism

Empire and Blowback: Remembering Chalmers Johnson’s Critique of American Imperialism

( Responsible Statecraft) – It has been nearly ten years since Chalmers Johnson died, and twice that long since the publication of “Blowback: The Costs […]

Richard Drake

Epidemics
Real Security: Wasted Pentagon Trillions that We Could have Spent on Health Care and Pandemic Preparedness

Real Security: Wasted Pentagon Trillions that We Could have Spent on Health Care and Pandemic Preparedness

It is not like we’ve won any wars since 1945, anyway

Tom Engelhardt

Authoritarianism
Ayatollah Trump Declares "Total Authority:" Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran's Supreme Leader

Ayatollah Trump Declares “Total Authority:” Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran’s Supreme Leader

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At the embarrassing public meltdown that passed for his news conference on Monday, Trump addressed the question of opening back […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Youth under Israeli Occupation were already Isolated —  Now Social Media is their only Connection to the World

Palestinian Youth under Israeli Occupation were already Isolated — Now Social Media is their only Connection to the World

By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Social media plays a vital role in transforming people’s lives. Being on social networks […]

Middle East Monitor

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