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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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Bashar al-Assad
Al-Sadr:  Russia, America and al-Assad should all get out of Syria!

Al-Sadr: Russia, America and al-Assad should all get out of Syria!

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday issued a broadside demanding that Russia and the United […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
"No new Coal Plants!" - European Energy Companies

“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies

Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | – – “Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build […]

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Climate Change
When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | – – Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

Can you do anything for Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

By Mike Merryman-Lotze | (Otherwords.org) | – – The White House is creating new problems in Israel-Palestine, but ordinary people can start setting things right. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Russia would accept West Jerusalem as Israeli Capital if Peace Agreement Reached

Russia would accept West Jerusalem as Israeli Capital if Peace Agreement Reached

IMEMC | – – On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that, if a peace agreement between Israeli and Palestinian people could be reached, Russia […]

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Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal

Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday slammed the Trump administration for its strike on Syria, calling […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Disgust as Corporate Media and DC Politicians Gush Over Trump's New War

Disgust as Corporate Media and DC Politicians Gush Over Trump’s New War

By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – According to DC pundits, Trump was a dangerous maniac…until he started bombing?’ “We […]

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Iraq
Even once ISIL is defeated, the problem of Manhunts and Reprisals

Even once ISIL is defeated, the problem of Manhunts and Reprisals

Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | Niqash.org | – – While Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State in west Mosul, intelligence services work in the east, […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US

Trump: Syrian Refugees can have Tomahawks but not Asylum in US

By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday night described the deepening Syrian refugee […]

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