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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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Hindu Nationalism
Are the Hindu Supremacists trying to Israelify India?

Are the Hindu Supremacists trying to Israelify India?

Reducing Muslims to Statelessness or 2nd Class Citizenship

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
Has the Climate Crisis in Afghanistan Displaced more People than the War?

Has the Climate Crisis in Afghanistan Displaced more People than the War?

By Fariba Housaini | – ( TheThirdPole.net ) – It has been two years since severe drought forced twenty nine-year old Amena and her four […]

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Climate Crisis
Nine things you Love that are being Wrecked by the Climate Crisis

Nine things you Love that are being Wrecked by the Climate Crisis

By Rod Lamberts | – There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you’re probably struggling to […]

The Conversation

Algeria
2019: Americans Slept while Street Revolts Reshaped Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Algeria

2019: Americans Slept while Street Revolts Reshaped Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Algeria

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In 2019, the Middle East was shaken by a new round of street revolts. As the year began, Abdelaziz Bouteflika […]

Juan Cole

Hamas
Israel: Turkey Coddles Hamas! Turkey: Israelis are Nazis! Bilateral Relations are Cratering

Israel: Turkey Coddles Hamas! Turkey: Israelis are Nazis! Bilateral Relations are Cratering

By Dr Adnan Abu Amer | @adnanabuamer1 | – Turkish-Israeli relations are witnessing increasing tension in recent days, culminating in Tel Aviv accusing Ankara of […]

Middle East Monitor

Christianity
Knights Templar: still loved by conspiracy theorists 900 years on

Knights Templar: still loved by conspiracy theorists 900 years on

By Patrick Masters | – On Christmas Day, 1119, the king of Jerusalem, Baldwin II persuaded a group of French knights led by Hugh de […]

The Conversation

Education
How the Education Department Is Ripping Off Defrauded Students

How the Education Department Is Ripping Off Defrauded Students

Students who got defrauded by for-profit colleges were going to get loan forgiveness — until Betsy DeVos showed up.

Jill Richardson

Assyrians
A Subdued Christmas for Middle Eastern Christians amid New Wave of Popular Protests

A Subdued Christmas for Middle Eastern Christians amid New Wave of Popular Protests

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chaldean Christians in Iraq have been asked by their Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, to hold subdued private Christmas ceremonies this […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Breathing Room: Trump v. Dingell

Breathing Room: Trump v. Dingell

By Bonnie Honig | – ( Politics/Letters ) – Watching Trump in Michigan this week talking about Debbie and John Dingell, I was struck by […]

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