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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 tries to undo FDR's rescue of UK from Fascism

Trump tries to undo FDR’s rescue of UK from Fascism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Once upon a time, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sent Ike Eisenhower as the Supreme Allied Commander […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Why Redneck Revolt Says Deal With Racism First, Then Economics

Why Redneck Revolt Says Deal With Racism First, Then Economics

By Zenobia Jeffries | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Addressing our systems of White supremacy cannot be dismissed as “identity politics.” “Our entire capitalist […]

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Will Trump/Flynn plot to Nuclearize Saudi Arabia spur Mideast Arms Race?

Will Trump/Flynn plot to Nuclearize Saudi Arabia spur Mideast Arms Race?

By Isaac Arnsdorf | (ProPublica) | – – The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israelis to evict entire Bedouin Community from Jerusalem

Israelis to evict entire Bedouin Community from Jerusalem

IMEMC News | – – The Bedouin community in al-Baba Mountain, in the town of Al-Eizariya, occupied East Jerusalem, stands steadfast in face of Israeli […]

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Environment
Sanders pushes Marshall Plan, Renewables, for Puerto Rico as Trump tries to Lower own Taxes

Sanders pushes Marshall Plan, Renewables, for Puerto Rico as Trump tries to Lower own Taxes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump went to Puerto Rico and told the hurricane victims there that they were inconvenient since […]

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Iran
Will the Mideast's New Power Matrix spark Iran-Saudi War?

Will the Mideast’s New Power Matrix spark Iran-Saudi War?

Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – Tensions often run high in the Middle East beating the drums of war and violence. This has […]

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Corruption
Saudi prince Miteb freed in $1 bln settlement agreement

Saudi prince Miteb freed in $1 bln settlement agreement

Middle East Monitor | – – Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching […]

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Donald Trump
Reportage is too Pro-War: How Peace Journalism can deescalate conflict in the Age of Trump and North Korea

Reportage is too Pro-War: How Peace Journalism can deescalate conflict in the Age of Trump and North Korea

By Michael Greenwell | (The Conversation) | – – It came as a slight relief to see at least some measured coverage of Donald Trump’s […]

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Inequality Rising: When will Trump’s base get wise to his populist charade?

Inequality Rising: When will Trump’s base get wise to his populist charade?

Tomdispatch.com | – – Among the stranger features of the 2016 election campaign was the success of Donald Trump, a creature of globalization, as an […]

Rajan Menon

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