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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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Israel/ Palestine
Only the Israeli dead matter: Israel's failure at investigating its bloody wars

Only the Israeli dead matter: Israel’s failure at investigating its bloody wars

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – At a glance, Israel appears a true democracy. Take a closer look, and that facade […]

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Donald Trump
Surging Trump’s America:  What didn’t work in Baghdad won’t work in Washington

Surging Trump’s America: What didn’t work in Baghdad won’t work in Washington

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – The other day, I found myself flipping through old photos from my time in Iraq.  One […]

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Inequality
Women's National Strike over Pay inequities, Glass Ceiling

Women’s National Strike over Pay inequities, Glass Ceiling

CBS News | Video News Clip | — “Women worldwide walked off the job Wednesday to protest and demand equality. Anna Werner reports from Alexandria, […]

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Corruption
Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions' Perjury?

Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions’ Perjury?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Americans have become deeply concerned about Russia. Some 75% of them see it as a very […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Civil War heats up in S. Syria, Palestinian Refugees displaced Again

As Civil War heats up in S. Syria, Palestinian Refugees displaced Again

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency responsible for providing services to […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Cornel West: Israel Anti-BDS Law Would Ban Einstein from Entry

Cornel West: Israel Anti-BDS Law Would Ban Einstein from Entry

TeleSur | – – The African-American intellectual is one of the BDS movement’s most prominent figures and therefore could be denied entry into Israel under […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of 'CIA hacking'

WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of ‘CIA hacking’

David Glance | (The Conversation) | – – WikiLeaks today released what it claims is the largest leak of intelligence documents in history. It contains […]

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Donald Trump
Let them eat iPhones:  Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Clip) | – – TYT metadata: “Poor people don’t fund Jason Chaffetz’s campaigns, so they can take a […]

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What Syrian Refugees think of Trump's Refugee Ban

What Syrian Refugees think of Trump’s Refugee Ban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters Arabic reports that a wave of anger swept the Syrian refugee camps of southern Lebanon […]

Juan Cole

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