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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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al-Qaeda
Death of al-Baghdadi: ISIS Grew Out of U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Cole @ Democracy Now!

Death of al-Baghdadi: ISIS Grew Out of U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Cole @ Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! | Video Interview and Transcript | – Amy Goodman kindly had me on Democracy Now! Monday to discuss the US raid that killed […]

Democracy Now!

Israel/ Palestine
Time for a Paradigm Shift in Israel:  From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality

Time for a Paradigm Shift in Israel: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality

(Informed Comment) – Equipped with the concept of the one-state reality, we can see in one particular feature of today’s political soap opera the seeds […]

Ian S. Lustick

Christianity
Is Allah God?   A Christian Theologian Replies

Is Allah God? A Christian Theologian Replies

Emir-Stein Center Video | Miroslav Volf | – “Is Allah God? If the answer to this question were simple, Professor Miroslav Volf would not have […]

Emir-Stein Center

Bernie Sanders
Topsy-Turvy: Corporate Media Depict Bernie Sanders as "Extreme" and the Republican Party as Mainstream!

Topsy-Turvy: Corporate Media Depict Bernie Sanders as “Extreme” and the Republican Party as Mainstream!

(Informed Comment) – Is a candidate a centrist? This question matters because many voters like to think of themselves as moderates or centrists. Other voters, […]

John Buell

al-Qaeda
US Militarism, having Provoked ISIL into Being, Kills Cult Leader Baghdadi

US Militarism, having Provoked ISIL into Being, Kills Cult Leader Baghdadi

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” the nom de guerre of the notorious Iraqi terrorist Ibrahim al-Samarrai, is dead, killed in a US […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Ukraine Whistleblowers and the Question of Partisanship

The Ukraine Whistleblowers and the Question of Partisanship

By Hannah Gurman and Kaeten Mistry | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – This moment should spark a conversation about the place of national […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Israel Lobbies
Why Criticism of Israel Isn't Antisemitism

Why Criticism of Israel Isn’t Antisemitism

AJ+ Video | Matt Lieb | – “Progressives criticizing Israel keep being painted as antisemites. Why? Because according to many American politicians, criticizing the right-wing […]

AJ PLUS

Climate Crisis
Volcanoes and Climate History: What they Explain & What they Don’t

Volcanoes and Climate History: What they Explain & What they Don’t

By Michael Petterson | – Everyone is going on about reducing our carbon footprint, zero emissions, planting sustainable crops for biodiesel etc. Is it true […]

The Conversation

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Did US Officials Manipulate Trump into Sending Back Troops from Iraq to Syria "for the oil"?

Did US Officials Manipulate Trump into Sending Back Troops from Iraq to Syria “for the oil”?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) | – NBC reports that a US convoy of light armored vehicles carrying special operations forces has been sighted heading from […]

Juan Cole

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