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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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China
Is China coming into Syria for its "One Belt, One Road"?

Is China coming into Syria for its “One Belt, One Road”?

By Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | – – As the Syrian civil war begins to wind down after six and a half years of […]

Neil Thompson

Egypt
Pence starts Middle East tour in Egypt, pledges ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ support

Pence starts Middle East tour in Egypt, pledges ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ support

Middle East Monitor | – – US Vice President Mike Pence kicked off a trip to the Middle East on Saturday with a visit to […]

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Donald Trump
The worst thing about Year One of Trump: Fascistization of Cable News

The worst thing about Year One of Trump: Fascistization of Cable News

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – American mass media journalism is broken. There are some simple elements of US journalistic practice that […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Thousands protest for Women's Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)

Thousands protest for Women’s Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)

May Lee | (CGTN) | – – The rally in Los Angeles last year dwarfed those in most other cities. Did the City of the […]

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Climate Change
European Parliament backs Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

European Parliament backs Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

By Frédéric Simon | (EURACTIV.com) | – – Green lawmakers have hailed a “great victory for the climate” as a proposal to bring down to […]

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Arms Sales
10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers

10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers

TeleSur | – – Only in the third financial quarter of 2017 German arms sale to Saudi Arabia accounted for US$550 million. Spokesperson for German […]

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Donald Trump
Syria: Turkey Begins Military Operation against US-Allied Kurds in Afrin

Syria: Turkey Begins Military Operation against US-Allied Kurds in Afrin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that on Friday, Turkey began cross-border shelling of the Kurdish-majority Afrin canton in northern […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
A Mountain Kingdom? Iraqi leaders unconcerned About New PKK ‘Region’

A Mountain Kingdom? Iraqi leaders unconcerned About New PKK ‘Region’

Special Correspondent | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – Late last month the Kurdistan Worker’s Party – an organization some describe as terrorist – declared […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
US to Renew Internet Surveillance Program Exposed by Snowden

US to Renew Internet Surveillance Program Exposed by Snowden

TeleSur | – – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to renew a warrantless internet surveillance program, disregarding civil liberties advocates. In a 65-34 vote the […]

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