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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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WP: Sessions spoke with Russian ambassador during Trump campaign (Maddow)

WP: Sessions spoke with Russian ambassador during Trump campaign (Maddow)

The Rachel Maddow Show | (Video News Clip) | – – Video 1: | MSNBC | THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 3/1/17: WP: Sessions spoke with […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan:  We Lost a long Time Ago, and are Still at War

Afghanistan: We Lost a long Time Ago, and are Still at War

William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – America’s war in Afghanistan is now in its 16th year, the longest foreign war in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Joining N. Korea, Israel denies Human Rights Watch Work Permit

Joining N. Korea, Israel denies Human Rights Watch Work Permit

IMEMC | – – Israeli authorities have denied Human Rights Watch’s application for a work permit for its Israel and Palestine director, on the grounds […]

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American Jews
Further Wave of Bomb Threats against Jewish Centers:  Rise of US Far Right

Further Wave of Bomb Threats against Jewish Centers: Rise of US Far Right

TeleSur | – – Some Jewish groups see the vandalism and threats as a sign that anti-Semitic groups have been emboldened by Trump’s election. Jewish […]

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Climate Change
Sorry, Trump, China's cut-back on Coal Dooms Industry

Sorry, Trump, China’s cut-back on Coal Dooms Industry

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump has said many foolish things, but his pledge to bring back coal takes the […]

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Islam
Why ISIL is Targeting Tolerant Sufi Islam

Why ISIL is Targeting Tolerant Sufi Islam

By Peter Gottschalk | (The Conversation) | – – On Feb. 16, 2017, a bomb ripped through a crowd assembled at the tomb of a […]

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Barack Obama
Top 5 Ways Obama is Behind Leaks, Protests against Trump

Top 5 Ways Obama is Behind Leaks, Protests against Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump did an interview with “Fox and Friends” for this morning in which he alleged that […]

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Iraq
ISIL: In Iraq's desert, mass grave horror beneath the dirt

ISIL: In Iraq’s desert, mass grave horror beneath the dirt

AFP | (Video News Report) | – – “The sinkhole that could be the largest mass grave in Iraq’s latest conflict is barely visible from […]

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art and photography
Image of the Day:  European Buddhists (?) & Zoroastrians, c. 1650

Image of the Day: European Buddhists (?) & Zoroastrians, c. 1650

British Museum | (Safavid Era Painting) | – – School/style: Persian School/Style term details Culture/period: Safavid dynasty term details Date: 1650-1700 (circa) Production place: Made […]

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