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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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Authoritarianism
How Saudis and other Authoritarian Middle East Governments are using Covid-19 to Crack down More on Civil Liberties

How Saudis and other Authoritarian Middle East Governments are using Covid-19 to Crack down More on Civil Liberties

By Khalid Ibrahim, Gulf Center for Human Rights | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Alhathloul is one of many human rights […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
Killing off the Animals:  By Burning Fossil Fuels, we'll destroy 50% of their Habitat this Century

Killing off the Animals: By Burning Fossil Fuels, we’ll destroy 50% of their Habitat this Century

By Christopher Trisos and Alex Pigot | – The impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems are already evident. Poleward shifts in the geographic […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
If Trump fires Dr. Fauci and installs a Barr-like Toady, what ever will become of us?

If Trump fires Dr. Fauci and installs a Barr-like Toady, what ever will become of us?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When Jake Tapper repeatedly pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday to say whether earlier social distancing measures, say in February […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
US is Closed for Non-Essential Industries: Shouldn't Trump's Wars be Halted, Too?

US is Closed for Non-Essential Industries: Shouldn’t Trump’s Wars be Halted, Too?

( Pressenza ) – At least 70 countries have signed on to the March 23 call by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a worldwide […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Health Care
20% of  Americans need Mental Health Care but are Routinely denied it-- Medicare for All Should Fix that, Too

20% of Americans need Mental Health Care but are Routinely denied it– Medicare for All Should Fix that, Too

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – Universal Medicare for All is a concept that a majority of Americans actually support . Of the 25 […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Donald Trump
The Ultimate Stress Test: America as revealed by the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Ultimate Stress Test: America as revealed by the Coronavirus Pandemic

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) virus, which causes Covid-19, seemed to emerge from deepest history, from the Black Death of […]

Rajan Menon

Climate Crisis
Burning Fossil Fuels made Coronavirus Death Rate Worse, and Kills 200K Americans per Year, Not to Mention Global Heating

Burning Fossil Fuels made Coronavirus Death Rate Worse, and Kills 200K Americans per Year, Not to Mention Global Heating

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Air pollution, producing medical conditions such as asthma and other lung problems as well as heart disease, is responsible for […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Trump's Environmental Protection Agency just gave Polluters a License to Kill

Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency just gave Polluters a License to Kill

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Climate Crisis
Climate after corona: Germany's green stimulus package could boost the economic recovery

Climate after corona: Germany’s green stimulus package could boost the economic recovery

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The coronavirus crisis is driving many economies around the globe into recession, leading policymakers […]

Clean Energy Wire

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