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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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No Normalization: All the Fascist Highlights Trump still Hits

No Normalization: All the Fascist Highlights Trump still Hits

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fascism as a political ideology is difficult to define, in part because it usually contains a […]

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You may not have liked the past Year but the Arms Industry Loved It

You may not have liked the past Year but the Arms Industry Loved It

By Harry Blain | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Half of Pentagon spending goes to contractors, the military budget is set to skyrocket, […]

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Palestine on Trump Aid Cut Threat: ‘We Won’t Be Blackmailed’

Palestine on Trump Aid Cut Threat: ‘We Won’t Be Blackmailed’

Palestinian rights are not for sale

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16 yr old Ahed Tamimi indicted for slapping an Israeli soldier

16 yr old Ahed Tamimi indicted for slapping an Israeli soldier

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court on Monday indicted 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi on 12 charges, including […]

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Dragon Ascendant:  Green China, not Red China, increasingly Bestrides the World

Dragon Ascendant: Green China, not Red China, increasingly Bestrides the World

Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | – – “Surpass Britain and catch up with America” was one of the more idealistic slogans put about by […]

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Authoritarianism
Putin’s Medieval Romanticism and Russia's Lurch Right

Putin’s Medieval Romanticism and Russia’s Lurch Right

Dina Khapaeva | (Project Syndicate) | – – As much of the world makes amends for social and political injustices of the past, Russia is […]

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Donald Trump
US counter terror air strikes doubled in Trump's first year

US counter terror air strikes doubled in Trump’s first year

Jessica Purkiss , Jack Serle , Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – The number of US air strikes jumped […]

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America's Biggest Mideast Foreign Policy Challenges in 2018

America’s Biggest Mideast Foreign Policy Challenges in 2018

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In some ways, the United States faces a more favorable foreign policy environment in 2018 than […]

Juan Cole

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Are Iran's protests Economic or Political?

Are Iran’s protests Economic or Political?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Neoconservative poobah Elliott Abrams slammed the New York Times for headlining an article about the Iran […]

Juan Cole

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