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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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Wind Power Juggernaut Really doing for 100K Workers what Trump only Promised

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Big news on the wind power front. First, it has emerged in the US as the […]

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The Rural-Urban Divide in the US in 6 Charts!

The Rural-Urban Divide in the US in 6 Charts!

By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda, Tessa Conroy | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the […]

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41 Killed in US Attack on Syrian Mosque

TeleSur | – – “It was right after prayers at a time when there are usually religious lessons for men in it,” one witness told […]

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How the Iraq War came Home & brought us Trump

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – If you want to know where President Donald Trump came from, if you want to trace […]

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Why the UN branded Israel an Apartheid state

Why the UN branded Israel an Apartheid state

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Note: Apparently the Trump administration at Israeli urging threatened to defund the UN if this report […]

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Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real

Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real

By Annemarie Toebosch | (The Conversation) | – – The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. […]

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Authoritarianism
I Am an Enemy of the People (Feffer)

I Am an Enemy of the People (Feffer)

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – If Trump cracks down on journalists, there might be less uproar than […]

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Hawaii Judge:  Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution

Hawaii Judge: Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0 still Violates the Constitution

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Derrick Watson, US District Court judge in Honolulu, has issued a nationwide Temporary Restraining Order against […]

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Hizbullah
Israeli Pol threatens Crimes against Humanity in Lebanon

Israeli Pol threatens Crimes against Humanity in Lebanon

TeleSur | – – A far-right Israeli minister said Lebanese civilians must be direct targets in a future war over Hezbollah’s rising political sway in […]

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