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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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Iraq
Iraq: New anti-Corruption Protests in South raise death Toll to 11

Iraq: New anti-Corruption Protests in South raise death Toll to 11

Fresh protests hit southern Iraq Sunday as medical sources put at 11 the number of demonstrators killed in two weeks of unrest

AFP

art and photography
Haider Ali, Pakistan’s Truck Art, and Islam’s Message of Peace

Haider Ali, Pakistan’s Truck Art, and Islam’s Message of Peace

A sort of Muslim pacifist, the artist maintains that Islam is all about peace

Juan Cole

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White Nationalist Steve Bannon Moves to Europe to boost Far Right

White Nationalist Steve Bannon Moves to Europe to boost Far Right

He plans to set up a foundation in Europe called “The Movement” to spark a populist rightwing revolt

AFP

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Iran’s Khamenei endorses Closing Gulf Oil Shipping if US Blockades

Iran’s Khamenei endorses Closing Gulf Oil Shipping if US Blockades

Khamenei criticized those pragmatists who sought to separate diplomacy and ideology

Juan Cole

Guns
Is NRA in Peril from Russian Criminal Conspiracy Charges?

Is NRA in Peril from Russian Criminal Conspiracy Charges?

The Justice Department accused a Russian advocate for firearms ownership of secretly infiltrating American electoral politics as a foreign agent

The Conversation

Iraq
Massive South Iraq Protests move to Baghdad as Police use Water Canons; 1 Dead

Massive South Iraq Protests move to Baghdad as Police use Water Canons; 1 Dead

A security guard outside a branch of one Iraq’s most powerful paramilitary groups shot and killed a protester on Friday, police sources said

Middle East Monitor

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Syria: Regime victory as Thousands of Rebel Fighters bused out of Daraa, Quneitra

Syria: Regime victory as Thousands of Rebel Fighters bused out of Daraa, Quneitra

More rebel fighters with their families boarded buses to leave southern Syria on Saturday under deals with the regime

AFP

Iran
Ankara to US: Your New Iran Sanctions Must not Hurt Turkey

Ankara to US: Your New Iran Sanctions Must not Hurt Turkey

Turkey on Friday hosted an American delegation for talks to address the looming reimposition of US sanctions against Iran

AFP

Immigration
Mother and Son Separated for 45 Days by Trump Policy Tell their Story

Mother and Son Separated for 45 Days by Trump Policy Tell their Story

Otilia Asig-Putul’s voice breaks when she recalls the interminable 45 days she was separated from her son

Javier Tovar

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