Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
Featured

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

More Stories

Donald Trump
Iran is not Going Away, and Trump's only hope of Success is not War but a Deal

Iran is not Going Away, and Trump’s only hope of Success is not War but a Deal

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) – Much has been speculated and written about the possibility, trajectory, and the likely consequences of a war […]

Ali Abootalebi

Afghanistan
Trump threatens Armageddon on yet Another Country: Crimes against Humanity in Afghanistan

Trump threatens Armageddon on yet Another Country: Crimes against Humanity in Afghanistan

(Tomdispatch.com) – On February 4, 2002, a Predator drone circled over Afghanistan’s Paktia province, near the city of Khost. Below was al-Qaeda’s founder Osama bin […]

Nick Turse

Brazil
Soleimani’s Killing is a Global Event: Brazil’s Politicians, Oil Markets Shaken by Mideast Instability

Soleimani’s Killing is a Global Event: Brazil’s Politicians, Oil Markets Shaken by Mideast Instability

Sao Paulo (Special to Informed Comment) – Recently, after the American military action that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Bagdad, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro […]

Tori Avila

Iran
Paper Tiger? Iran is Talking Big after US Assassination of Soleimani, but Has Few Options

Paper Tiger? Iran is Talking Big after US Assassination of Soleimani, but Has Few Options

By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The most plausible reason why President Trump ordered the assassination of the […]

Thembisa Fakude

Uncategorized
Many thanks to all our Supporters from Informed Comment

Many thanks to all our Supporters from Informed Comment

We at Informed Comment are so grateful to our supporters for such a successful fundraising season. We met our goal, with your generous help! We […]

Juan Cole

Islam
As U.S. enters another Conflict with a Muslim Nation, Read about Islam’s Beginnings

As U.S. enters another Conflict with a Muslim Nation, Read about Islam’s Beginnings

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) As the US once again enters into a heightened conflict with a Muslim-majority nation, it would be advisable for all informed […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant "Death to America" at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad

Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant “Death to America” at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad

Prime Minister Adil Abdulmahdi Attended the Funeral

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump's Soleimani Assassination:  It's All about the Oil

Trump’s Soleimani Assassination: It’s All about the Oil

(48Hills.org) – Reese Erlich, who has reported from the region for 20 years, sorts out the impact of Trump’s drone attack that killed a popular […]

Reese Erlich

Climate Crisis
Australia's Climate Apocalypse: Wildfires Kill half a Billion Animals, produce Smoke Cloud as Big as United States

Australia’s Climate Apocalypse: Wildfires Kill half a Billion Animals, produce Smoke Cloud as Big as United States

By Teo Blašković | – (The Watchers) – Bushfires in Australia have killed at least 22 people since August 2019 and destroyed more than 2 […]

The Watchers

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 853
  • Page 854
  • Page 855
  • Page 856
  • Page 857
  • …
  • Page 3029
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Omar Khayyam

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia

Muslim-Led Story-Telling is Changing the TV Narrative of Irrational Violence

The Conversation

Colonialism

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Juan Cole

Popular

  • Riyadh-Islamabad "Islamic NATO" to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can't draw the Line at Genocide, they can't Draw the Line at Democracy
  • 76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine
  • "Real Estate Bonanza:" The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
  • Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved