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H. Scott Prosterman

H. Scott Prosterman is a writer and communications consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area, and holds an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan

Academic Freedom
California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

H. Scott Prosterman

Positioned and disguised as a bill to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism expressions, it is really an attack on academic freedom

Donald Trump
Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship

Israel is Sinking into the Abyss of Netanyahu’s Dictatorship

H. Scott Prosterman

Pardoning Netanyahu for his high crimes and felonies would mean Israel acquiescing to a Bibi dictatorship

Dominionism
Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

H. Scott Prosterman

It looks like the perverse romance between MAGA and Israel’s Likud Party is becoming frayed at the edges.

Academic Freedom
Assaults on US Academic Freedom:  Acquiescence and Resistance

Assaults on US Academic Freedom: Acquiescence and Resistance

H. Scott Prosterman

Academic freedom siege in the US is under siege as never in our nation’s history

Academic Freedom
California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

Featured
Israel’s Politicians Rebel for the right to Torture

Israel’s Politicians Rebel for the right to Torture

H. Scott Prosterman

Tomer-Yerushalmi freely admits to leaking the video to expose the serious nature of the crimes she was investigating,

Donald Trump
Vance of Arabia: The Trump Administration’s Reality-TV “Peace” in Gaza

Vance of Arabia: The Trump Administration’s Reality-TV “Peace” in Gaza

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Vice President J. D. Vance went out to the Middle East last week to show the MAGA flag. While convicted felon Donald Trump, Vance’s boss, prosecutes his undeclared wars on Venezuela and the American people, he has declared “Peace” between Israel and Gaza, where there is none. […]

Featured
Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

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 this concept to a war-weary Israeli populace. Does this means every male born in Israel is now being raised to be a Special Forces warrior? And women too, since it’s […]

Featured
France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

France and the UN ride to Save the 2-State Solution, but Netanyahu Buried it in Gaza’s Mass Graves

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – French President Macron is taking the lead in a doomed bid to keep a two-state solution alive. On September 12, the UN General Assembly passed the “New York Declaration” by a vote of 142 for, 10 against, with 12 abstentions. Sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, it […]

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