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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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Grassroots Resistance forces Republicans to Postpone Health Care Vote

Grassroots Resistance forces Republicans to Postpone Health Care Vote

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | House vote moved to Friday, but with Republicans across the political spectrum unhappy with details […]

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Bill of Rights
Given Trump’s Betrayal, Can we Crowdfund American Aid and Soft Power Abroad?

Given Trump’s Betrayal, Can we Crowdfund American Aid and Soft Power Abroad?

David Holdridge | (Informed Comment) | – – The current debate between liberals and the Trump Administration on American soft power abroad is not being […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Top 5 Lessons Saudi should learn from its Failed Yemen War

Top 5 Lessons Saudi should learn from its Failed Yemen War

By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – Top 5 Lessons Saudi Arabia Learns from the Yemen War Saudi Arabia’s Yemen war has reached […]

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Iraq
Did Trump loosen Rules?  Charges that US Airstrikes Kill 230 Iraqi Civilians in Mosul

Did Trump loosen Rules? Charges that US Airstrikes Kill 230 Iraqi Civilians in Mosul

TeleSur | – – “Finding survivors is very difficult because the area is completely destroyed,” an authority told reporters. “It’s a very big disaster, indeed […]

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Donald Trump
The Russian Job:  The Plot Thickens

The Russian Job: The Plot Thickens

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An avalanche of news about the connection of key Trump political operatives to Vladimir Putin and […]

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Supreme Court
Corporatocracy:  Al Franken shows Gorsuch Cold-Hearted toward Freezing Trucker

Corporatocracy: Al Franken shows Gorsuch Cold-Hearted toward Freezing Trucker

Amy Goodman | Democracy Now! | (Video News Clip) | – – Transcript via Democracy Now! ALPHONSE MADDIN: In January of 2009, I was working […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Ex-Mossad Chief: Occupation of Palestinians Is Israel’s Only Existential Threat

Ex-Mossad Chief: Occupation of Palestinians Is Israel’s Only Existential Threat

IMEMC | – – Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo asserted, on Tuesday, that the Israeli occupation and the conflict with the Palestinians are the only […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Failed Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Fuels Water, Sanitation Crisis

Failed Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Fuels Water, Sanitation Crisis

TeleSur | – – Under the plan, Israel continues to tightly control the materials that are being used to build vital infrastructure in Gaza. The […]

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Campaign Finance
Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn 'Dark Money' Lobbying on His Behalf

Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn ‘Dark Money’ Lobbying on His Behalf

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Judge Neil Gorsuch claims he ‘speaks for’ himself, but secretive sources have spent millions to […]

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