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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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Donald Trump
Trump's Enablers boast of Saving Nation but Reveal they're Looting the Nation

Trump’s Enablers boast of Saving Nation but Reveal they’re Looting the Nation

The anonymous op-ed in the New York Times Wednesday that described a White House in meltdown was not an act of courage. It was a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Supreme Court allowing Demolition of Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar called “War Crime”

Israeli Supreme Court allowing Demolition of Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar called “War Crime”

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Committee against the Wall and Settlements, Walid Assaf, declared on Wednesday the beggining of an open […]

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Signs of Rift in Saudi Royal Family over Yemen Quagmire that has left 10,000 Dead?

Signs of Rift in Saudi Royal Family over Yemen Quagmire that has left 10,000 Dead?

Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi King Salman’s brother has played down controversial remarks he made to anti-Saudi protesters in London that sparked furious speculation about possible […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Jordan rejects Kushner’s “Confederation,” Abbas slams “Liquidation” of Palestinian Cause

Jordan rejects Kushner’s “Confederation,” Abbas slams “Liquidation” of Palestinian Cause

Amman (AFP) – Jordan’s King Abdullah II firmly rejects the idea of a confederation with the Palestinians in the place of a two-state solution to […]

AFP

Donald Trump
Crazytown Abroad: Trump's Dreams of  Preemptive War, Assassination and Withdrawal

Crazytown Abroad: Trump’s Dreams of Preemptive War, Assassination and Withdrawal

Trump on Bashar al-Assad: “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot of them.”

Juan Cole

China
Dragon Waiting: After Idlib, Will Beijing Bring Syria into its One Belt Network?

Dragon Waiting: After Idlib, Will Beijing Bring Syria into its One Belt Network?

As speculation grows that the Syrian army under the regime of Bashar al-Assad is preparing to strike at the Idlib de-escalation zone, the last piece […]

Neil Thompson

Muslim-Americans
Why is it Muslim Americans need Military Service to be Accepted as Americans?

Why is it Muslim Americans need Military Service to be Accepted as Americans?

(Mizan) – On October 19, 2008, a little over a fortnight before the November 4 election contested by Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, […]

Edward E. Curtis IV

Iran
Israel Won’t Rule out Bombing Iraq to get at Iran

Israel Won’t Rule out Bombing Iraq to get at Iran

FM Lieberman: “Our Freedom of Action is Total.”

AFP

Afghanistan
Parade!  How Trump Redefined Victory in Afghanistan as "Attacking our Enemies"

Parade! How Trump Redefined Victory in Afghanistan as “Attacking our Enemies”

New York (Tomdispatch.com) – 4,000,000,029,057. Remember that number. It’s going to come up again later. But let’s begin with another number entirely: 145,000 — as […]

Nick Turse

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