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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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Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

By Dina Matar | Al-Shabaka | via Ma’an News Agency | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently claimed in a video posted on […]

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Crime
What if that London attack wasn't Even Terrorism?

What if that London attack wasn’t Even Terrorism?

By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | – – A middle-aged man with a history of criminal activity and violence, a variety of aliases, multiple […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Report) | – – “Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is hoping to help stop a genocide at the hands of ISIL […]

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Corruption
True, Trump hasn't Criticized Putin for Navalny Arrest; but Navalny is more like Trump

True, Trump hasn’t Criticized Putin for Navalny Arrest; but Navalny is more like Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The meme du jour about the protests in Russia on Sunday is that Donald Trump did […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

Special Correspondent* | Niqash.org | Baghdad | – – Mosul Locals Explain Extremists’ Desperate Tactics Mosul locals, some of whom have escaped the extremists and […]

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Dissent
What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump

What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump

By Jon Else | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – On a glorious afternoon in August 1963, after the massive March on Washington for Jobs and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Progressive Young Jews Protest AIPAC, Occupation of Palestine

Progressive Young Jews Protest AIPAC, Occupation of Palestine

TeleSur | – – Protesters gathered under the banner, “Jews won’t be free until Palestinians are, reject AIPAC, reject occupation.” Jewish protesters marched Sunday outside […]

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Cats
Video of Day:  Kitten tempted by Iran New Year Goldfish

Video of Day: Kitten tempted by Iran New Year Goldfish

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | (Video Clip) | – – March 21 was the Persian New Year (Now Ruz), marking also the first […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted

After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Candidate Donald Trump called last year for carpet-bombing of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. […]

Juan Cole

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