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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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Corruption
FCC begins restoring Corporate Privilege to the Internet

FCC begins restoring Corporate Privilege to the Internet

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This web site amounted to anything because of net neutrality, which I prefer to call internet […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians outraged but unsurprised by Trump on Jerusalem: ‘World already ignores our existence’

Palestinians outraged but unsurprised by Trump on Jerusalem: ‘World already ignores our existence’

By Joey Ayoub | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – US President Donald Trump's declaration that the country would move its embassy in Israel to the […]

Juan Cole

Buddhism
Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

TeleSur | – – An estimate from Doctors Without Borders shows that at least 6,700 refugees have been killed during the first month of militarized […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Global Spec Ops in Trump’s Pentagon: Elite Commandos in record 149 Countries

Global Spec Ops in Trump’s Pentagon: Elite Commandos in record 149 Countries

By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – “We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world, militarily, and what we’re doing,” said […]

Juan Cole

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Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker

Muslim Countries call for E. Jerusalem as Palestine Capital, reject US as Honest Broker

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Organization of the Islamic Conference, a regular meeting of the foreign ministers of 57 Muslim-majority […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade

Now Diptheria besets Yemen, along with Saudi Bombs and Blockade

Middle East Monitor | – – Yemen, ravaged by war, hunger and disease, is seeing a spike in diphtheria cases that will inevitably erupt into […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia: The Coming Crisis in the Kingdom

By Pierce Gootee | (TeleSur) | – – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, in recent months, tightened their blockade on the war-ravaged country of […]

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Green Energy
“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal

“Solar+Batteries” = the Cheapest Energy, as S. Korea powers past Coal

By Frank Rijsberman | (Inter Press Service) | – – SEOUL, Dec 13 2017 (IPS) – Renewable energy became the cheapest form of electricity in […]

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Christianity
What's the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist?  A Cowboy Hat

What’s the Difference between Roy Moore and a Muslim extreme Fundamentalist? A Cowboy Hat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Both Christianity and Islam as religions comprise large numbers of people and contain a spectrum of […]

Juan Cole

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