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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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ISIL Terror-Trolls French Election, Supporting far Right; Will French Fall for It?

ISIL Terror-Trolls French Election, Supporting far Right; Will French Fall for It?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thursday’s shooting at the Champs Elysee, left one policeman dead, another gravely injured, a third lightly […]

Juan Cole

Education
AG Jeff Sessions implies Asian-Americans in Hawaii not Real Americans

AG Jeff Sessions implies Asian-Americans in Hawaii not Real Americans

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Attorney-General Jeff Sessions was caught on tape saying the following: ““We are confident that the President […]

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Climate Change
Trump's 1984:  Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | – – “If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for […]

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Climate Change
Human-Caused Climate Change is Human-Caused Genocide

Human-Caused Climate Change is Human-Caused Genocide

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Not since World War II have more human beings been at risk from disease and […]

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Climate Change
Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?

Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?

By Manon Flausch | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Samuel White | – – “Poverty and insecurity can be factors in radicalisation.” [Manon Flausch] From South […]

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Donald Trump
Top 5 Ways Bill O'Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America

Top 5 Ways Bill O’Reilly gave us Trump and cheapened America

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bill O’Reilly is off the airwaves, but it doesn’t really matter. The despicable strategy of presslord […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)

Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)

Vox/ UCLA | (Video News Clip) | – – “The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. This is […]

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Donald Trump
Is Trump Taking Us to War Everywhere?

Is Trump Taking Us to War Everywhere?

By Olivia Alperstein | (Otherwords.org) | – – No one expected Trump to be a peace president, but he seems bent on taking us to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians decry Israeli Double Standard over NYT Op-ed

Palestinians decry Israeli Double Standard over NYT Op-ed

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Activists and commentators have denounced the dishonesty of Israeli criticism of The New York Times for […]

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