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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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Under Trump, More Coalition Strikes on Yemen in a Week than in a Year under Obama

Under Trump, More Coalition Strikes on Yemen in a Week than in a Year under Obama

TeleSur | – – More drone and airstrikes have rained on Yemen in the past week than in any year of Barack Obama’s administration, with […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces detain Palestinian writer over new novel

Israeli forces detain Palestinian writer over new novel

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian writer Khalida Ghusheh on Saturday morning after raiding her home in the […]

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Climate Change
Close the Coal Plants:  How to Reply to Pruitt's Lie about CO2 & Climate

Close the Coal Plants: How to Reply to Pruitt’s Lie about CO2 & Climate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Having Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is sort of like the plot […]

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Do Syria's Kurds hold the Key to the future of the Middle East?

Do Syria’s Kurds hold the Key to the future of the Middle East?

By Clemens Hoffmann and Can Cemgil | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration’s plans for the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) […]

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Arab Americans
Middle East Studies Assn., joins Md. Suit to block Trump Muslim Ban

Middle East Studies Assn., joins Md. Suit to block Trump Muslim Ban

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2017 Groups Challenge Revised Muslim Ban BALTIMORE —- Civil rights and refugee groups today asked a federal court […]

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Dissent
To Counter Normalization, deflect Elite tactics to dampen Outrage

To Counter Normalization, deflect Elite tactics to dampen Outrage

By Brian Martin | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – The Trump administration’s policies have already triggered public outrage and massive opposition. To understand […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey's Erdogan trolls Germany with "Fascist" Charge

Turkey’s Erdogan trolls Germany with “Fascist” Charge

By Joel Schalit | EURACTIV | – – Normally, the accusation is reversed. Erdogan undoubtedly knew that when he accused Germany on Sunday of “fascist […]

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Syria:  As 400 more Troops go in, What's Trump's Mission?

Syria: As 400 more Troops go in, What’s Trump’s Mission?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US had about 500 troops embedded with the People’s Protection Units (Kurdish acronym YPG) until […]

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Why are Authorities treating DAPL enviro Protesters like Terrorists?

Why are Authorities treating DAPL enviro Protesters like Terrorists?

TeleSur | – – The legal activist group ACLU announced it has filed a motion to quash the warrant, which it argues violates free speech […]

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