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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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Impeaching Trump: Amid Ukraine Mess, Don't Forget his Domestic Crimes

Impeaching Trump: Amid Ukraine Mess, Don’t Forget his Domestic Crimes

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Trump’s war on the law extends beyond flouting Congress and packing courts — overseas, it extends to arguable crimes […]

John Feffer

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Can Trump's Systemic Racism be Explained?

Can Trump’s Systemic Racism be Explained?

(Otherwords.org) – Racism means a lot more than using slurs or feeling hatred. Yet even in these narrow terms, Trump fits the bill. By Jill […]

Jill Richardson

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Can Christianity Survive in Turkey, the Birthplace of the Holy Roman Empire?

Can Christianity Survive in Turkey, the Birthplace of the Holy Roman Empire?

By Ramazan Kılınç | – Vowing to better protect Christians, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told media at the White House recently that Turkey will […]

The Conversation

Lebanon
Lebanon’s October Revolution: Resistance and Popular Culture

Lebanon’s October Revolution: Resistance and Popular Culture

By Amal Ghazal | – I am following Lebanon’s October Revolution from Vancouver. Between me and the revolution stand two continents, an ocean, a sea […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Now that Trump deems Israeli Squatting Legal, will More Palestinians be Kicked off their Land?

Now that Trump deems Israeli Squatting Legal, will More Palestinians be Kicked off their Land?

By Anne Irfan | – When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US government will no longer view Israeli settlements in the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
What does Fraud and Bribery trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu tell us about Trump Impeachment?

What does Fraud and Bribery trial of Israeli PM Netanyahu tell us about Trump Impeachment?

Revised By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit on advice from the police, indicted caretaker Israeli prime minister […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli "Crime Minister" Netanyahu Indicted, Political System in Freefall

Israeli “Crime Minister” Netanyahu Indicted, Political System in Freefall

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s attorney general has indicted prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Ari Shapiro and Daniel Estrin report at NPR, on charges of […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
It Isn't only Syrian Kurds who Feel abandoned by Trump:  Ask the Iraqis

It Isn’t only Syrian Kurds who Feel abandoned by Trump: Ask the Iraqis

By Mieczysław P. Boduszyński | – In all the hand-wringing that critics and commentators have done since President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. […]

The Conversation

Congress
Trump's War on our Language:  Fudging, Waffling and Lying weave Alternative Universe

Trump’s War on our Language: Fudging, Waffling and Lying weave Alternative Universe

( Tomdispatch.com ) – These days, witnessing the administration’s never-ending cruelty at the border, the shenanigans of a White House caught red-handed in attempted bribery […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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