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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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Colonialism
When an Imperial U.S. first Tried to Crush a Muslim Movement: Massacres in the Philippines

When an Imperial U.S. first Tried to Crush a Muslim Movement: Massacres in the Philippines

(Tomdispatch.com) – For a decade and a half, the U.S. Army waged war on fierce tribal Muslims in a remote land. Sound familiar? As it […]

Danny Sjursen

Congress
Founders: Removal from Office is not the only Purpose of Impeachment

Founders: Removal from Office is not the only Purpose of Impeachment

By Clark D. Cunningham< | - As Congress considers formal charges of impeachment against President Donald Trump, they should consider words spoken at the Constitutional […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump as Jim Jones?  How America drank the Kool-Aid

Trump as Jim Jones? How America drank the Kool-Aid

By James A. Haught Cults usually are one-man religions. A magnetic, dictatorial, dogmatic, demagogue draws throngs of followers and leads them into lala-land, sometimes dangerously. […]

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Israeli Blockade of Gaza Causing Contaminated Water, 25% of Illnesses and 12% of Infant Deaths

Israeli Blockade of Gaza Causing Contaminated Water, 25% of Illnesses and 12% of Infant Deaths

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Abeer Butmeh writes at Al Jazeera English that because of the Israeli blockade on Gaza, equipment for water purification has […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis after Disappointing COP 25: "The Science is Screaming!"

Climate Crisis after Disappointing COP 25: “The Science is Screaming!”

(Special to Informed Comment) – In the wake of the disappointing UN COP 25 climate conference in Madrid, thousands of climate scientists are exhorting governments […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Outlaw State: Israel Accelerates Colonization of Palestinian West Bank 3 Years after UN Security Council Condemnation

Outlaw State: Israel Accelerates Colonization of Palestinian West Bank 3 Years after UN Security Council Condemnation

(Middle East Monitor ) – Three years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2334. With fourteen members voting in favour and one abstention, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Did Plato’s Republic warn Democracies about Trump 2,394 Years Ago?

Did Plato’s Republic warn Democracies about Trump 2,394 Years Ago?

By Matthew Sharpe | – Western philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato, the old saying goes. And The Republic (c. 375 BCE), featuring […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
In Wake of "Afghanistan Papers" Scandal, Trump to Yank Out 4,000 Troops

In Wake of “Afghanistan Papers” Scandal, Trump to Yank Out 4,000 Troops

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – VOA reports that Trump will pull 4,000 US troops from Afghanistan, leaving less than 9,000 in country. Of the 13,000 […]

Juan Cole

Pentagon
The Military-Industrial State Just Keeps Getting More Expensive for the Rest of US

The Military-Industrial State Just Keeps Getting More Expensive for the Rest of US

By William D. Hartung | – (Tomdispatch.com) – I’ve been writing critiques of the Pentagon, the national security state, and America’s never-ending military overreach since […]

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