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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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Climate Change
COP23: Global Heating threatens Mideast with Mega-Droughts

COP23: Global Heating threatens Mideast with Mega-Droughts

By Christophe Maroun | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – As the world's nations met in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual conference of the parties […]

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Donald Trump
MbS a la Trump: "Making Saudi Arabia Great Again"!

MbS a la Trump: “Making Saudi Arabia Great Again”!

By Reese Erlich | ( 48hills.org) | – – I stood in front of a mosque in the city of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, interviewing people […]

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Donald Trump
Trump’s revival of ‘Tactical Nuclear Weapons’ Idiocy endangers World

Trump’s revival of ‘Tactical Nuclear Weapons’ Idiocy endangers World

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Maybe you thought America’s nuclear arsenal, with its thousands of city-busting, potentially civilization-destroying thermonuclear warheads, […]

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Displaced and Refugees
The Saudi-US war on Yemen is killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics

The Saudi-US war on Yemen is killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-led coalition is waging total war on Yemen in a bid to defeat the guerrilla […]

Juan Cole

Plutocracy
Republicans Admit Their Tax Plan Is All About Rich Donors

Republicans Admit Their Tax Plan Is All About Rich Donors

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – – It’s unpopular. It’s expensive. But the donors want it. Sometimes I have to remind myself that people […]

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Buddhism
Militant Buddhism is on the march in South-East Asia; Why Now?

Militant Buddhism is on the march in South-East Asia; Why Now?

By Peter Lehr | (The Conversation) | – – Even ten years on, the first mental image that comes to mind with regard to Theravāda […]

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Saudi Arabia
Is Saudi King Salman about to be pushed aside by Son?

Is Saudi King Salman about to be pushed aside by Son?

TeleSur | – – Speculation has mounted that the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz, will step down and pass the throne to Crown […]

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Lebanese PM Hariri arrives in or Escapes to France

Lebanese PM Hariri arrives in or Escapes to France

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri arrived Saturday morning with his family in Paris, after a two-week […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
US-Led Bombings in Iraq Killed 31 Times More Civilians Than Reported: NYT

US-Led Bombings in Iraq Killed 31 Times More Civilians Than Reported: NYT

By Jessica Corbett, staff writer| ( Commondreams.org ) | – – New York Times reporters uncovered “consistent failure by the coalition to investigate claims properly […]

Juan Cole

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