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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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Despite Trump Pledge: Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons of Oil in Dakota

Despite Trump Pledge: Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons of Oil in Dakota

TeleSur | – – Environmental activist group Greenpeace said the leak demonstrated that approval should not be given for another section of the 2,600-mile pipeline […]

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Climate Change
Our heat trapping gas Emissions hit Record High in Planetary Threat

Our heat trapping gas Emissions hit Record High in Planetary Threat

The Conversation: Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Robbie Andrew, […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?

Iraq defeated ISIL, but can it defeat Extremism?

By Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – The military campaign against the Islamic State is almost over. But now, locals and politicians […]

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Donald Trump
World, horrified at Trump, sends US Ranking Plummeting

World, horrified at Trump, sends US Ranking Plummeting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US is usually number 1 in the German research firm Gfk’s rankings, headed up by […]

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Lebanon
Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia

Lebanon PM Hariri will go to France from Saudi Arabia

Middle East Monitor | – – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family are expected to visit Paris within 48 hours after he […]

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Internet
Can a Free Internet Survive FCC End to Net Neutrality?

Can a Free Internet Survive FCC End to Net Neutrality?

TeleSur | – – The Trump administration plans to deregulate internet access, effectively handing over the ‘free internet’ to private corporations. Chairman of the Federal […]

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Donald Trump
Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies

Groping for Manhood: Time for the Bystanders to Challenge the Bullies

By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Almost 80, I’ve been stunned and bewildered by the ever-expanding list of sexually predatory males, from movie […]

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Pres. Aoun: Saudi Holding Hariri an Act of Aggression

Pres. Aoun: Saudi Holding Hariri an Act of Aggression

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Beirut newspaper Al-Nahar [The Day] reports that President Michel Aoun of Lebanon said Wednesday, “Nothing […]

Juan Cole

China
From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia

From Slights to Kow-Towing, Trump does Ugly American in Asia

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks […]

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