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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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Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?

Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?

Military-Industrial Complex Set for Huge Expansion

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Nearly a year after Trump bombed Syria, al-Assad and Russia extend control

Nearly a year after Trump bombed Syria, al-Assad and Russia extend control

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian war limps along at the margins. It is over where it matters but continues […]

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Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?

Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – My nephew, an Army veteran who spent most of his 20 plus years military service as […]

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Employment
Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

TeleSur | – – Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures […]

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Environment
EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

Middle East Monitor | – – The stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea could burn for as long as one month, South […]

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Climate Change
Take That! NYC pulls $5 bn from Big Oil, Sues Majors for Climate Damage

Take That! NYC pulls $5 bn from Big Oil, Sues Majors for Climate Damage

Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – “We are taking the largest action by any city to confront the growing climate […]

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Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei: Trump Unbalanced, Playing Crazy Games, but Iran policy will Fail

Iran’s Khamenei: Trump Unbalanced, Playing Crazy Games, but Iran policy will Fail

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s clerical leader, Ali Khamenei, gave a speech in Qom on Tuesday, in which he warned […]

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Neo-Nazi Game of Thrones: Bannon forced out at Breitbart

Neo-Nazi Game of Thrones: Bannon forced out at Breitbart

TeleSur | – – Steve Bannon resigned as chief executive of Breitbart News, the right-leaning website said on Tuesday The resignation occurred after the former […]

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Corruption
Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar:  Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club

Why Israel doesn’t run on Solar: Netanyahu’s son boasts of father’s gas deal at strip club

Middle East Monitor | – – A recording emerged yesterday of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair boasting that his father had set up […]

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