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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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On Impeaching Trump: An Open Letter to a Working-Class Friend

On Impeaching Trump: An Open Letter to a Working-Class Friend

Robby reflects the views of many older white workers who are critical of the system and blame Democrats and liberals for its breakdown. I first […]

Reese Erlich

Climate Change
Top 5 Differences between Chill Trump and "Angry" Greta Thunberg

Top 5 Differences between Chill Trump and “Angry” Greta Thunberg

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump bullied environmentalist Greta Thunberg over her Time magazine cover on Thursday. In a tweet he called the award “ridiculous” […]

Juan Cole

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Patronizing Jews and Persecuting Palestinians: The Trump Executive Order

Patronizing Jews and Persecuting Palestinians: The Trump Executive Order

Oakland, Ca. (Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring Judaism to be a nationality is both a gross act of anti-Semitism, and an […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Government surveillance
How the Emirates Weaponized ex-NSA Spying Expertise against Democracy Activists

How the Emirates Weaponized ex-NSA Spying Expertise against Democracy Activists

US officials and former NSA employees build UAE secret surveillance unit

Middle East Monitor

European Union
Britain Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Europe Now with Boris Johnson Landslide

Britain Votes Overwhelmingly to Leave Europe Now with Boris Johnson Landslide

By Laura Hood | – Results are still rolling in but it looks as though Prime Minister Boris Johnson has secured a big victory in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
War Crime: Israel's Forceful Removal of Thousands of Negev Bedouin

War Crime: Israel’s Forceful Removal of Thousands of Negev Bedouin

By Megan Giovannetti | – Israeli rights group Adalah, which seeks legal justice for Palestinian citizens of Israel, issued an in-depth report on 10 December […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
After the Cold War: Is the Climate Crisis the US Military's Biggest Enemy?

After the Cold War: Is the Climate Crisis the US Military’s Biggest Enemy?

(Tomdispatch.com) – It was Monday, March 1, 2032, and the top uniformed officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps were poised, as […]

Michael T. Klare

Islamophobia
Top 5 Reasons Buddhist Myanmar has been Charged with Genocide of Rohingya Muslims

Top 5 Reasons Buddhist Myanmar has been Charged with Genocide of Rohingya Muslims

By Catesby Holmes | – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is defending Myanmar in court against accusations of genocide. According to a case brought […]

The Conversation

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Israel's Racism Cripples its Democracy as it Heads for 3rd Election under Indicted Caretaker PM Netanyahu

Israel’s Racism Cripples its Democracy as it Heads for 3rd Election under Indicted Caretaker PM Netanyahu

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli parliament has voted to dissolve itself and go to new elections, as the attempts by prime minister Binyamin […]

Juan Cole

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