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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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Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Heyla Selim | ( GlobalVoices.net ) | – – What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its […]

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Acidification of Oceans
It's up to You: Corporations won't save us from Global Heating

It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | – – While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also […]

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Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi was in Tehran on Thursday for consultations with the Iranian government […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
"Secret" JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

“Secret” JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

TeleSur | – – Nearly 3,000 documents previously kept secret are now in the process of being published online by the National Archive. As much […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Shalaw Mohammed | (Kirkuk) | (Niqash.org) | – – The countries that gave the Iraqi and Kurdish military rockets, vehicles and guns were concerned that […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olvies in the northern occupied West Bank district […]

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Climate Change
After CO2-fueled Disasters, Why won't the U. of Michigan go Green?

After CO2-fueled Disasters, Why won’t the U. of Michigan go Green?

Jonathan Morris | ( The Michigan Daily) | – – This month, two remarkable events occurred that passed mostly under the radar here on campus. […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare

Trump’s Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | Preventing a nuclear war between the United States and North Korea may be the most pressing challenge facing the world right […]

Rebecca Gordon

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Solar: Elon Musk already got a San Juan Hospital running &  more to Come

Solar: Elon Musk already got a San Juan Hospital running & more to Come

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Techdirt reported, Elon Musk has already put up a solar power generating facility at the […]

Juan Cole

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