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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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Donald Trump Featured in ISIL Propaganda Video

Donald Trump Featured in ISIL Propaganda Video

TeleSur | – – The video uses the Republican presidential front-runner as a recruiting tool. Segments of an interview that Donald Trump gave to the […]

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Iraq
Mosul: Are Civilian Deaths in Coalition Airstrikes Reinforcing ISIL's Hold?

Mosul: Are Civilian Deaths in Coalition Airstrikes Reinforcing ISIL’s Hold?

Special Correspondent | Niqash.org | – – An increase in air strikes on Mosul is causing more civilian casualties. Ordinary people live in fear, the […]

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Trump's and ISIL's Gray Zones:  Radicals' Terrorism sign of Syria, Iraq Defeat

Trump’s and ISIL’s Gray Zones: Radicals’ Terrorism sign of Syria, Iraq Defeat

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It is no accident that Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) is using Donald Trump in its new recruitment […]

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journalism
The Way American Media covers Attacks

The Way American Media covers Attacks

Sana Saeed | (AJ+ Video report) | – – “Why is American media so biased in the way it covers attacks in Europe compared to […]

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Belgium
ISIL's target wasn't Brussels, it was the whole idea of European Union

ISIL’s target wasn’t Brussels, it was the whole idea of European Union

By Joaquín Roy | (Inter Press Service) | – – In this column Joaquín Roy, Joaquin Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director […]

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Immigration
Day of the Demagogue: Trumpian Deportation Fantasies and American Realities

Day of the Demagogue: Trumpian Deportation Fantasies and American Realities

By Tanya Golash-Boza | Tomdispatch.com In 2006, when I first began researching deportations, George W. Bush was president and quietly building a deportation machine in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UN to Vote on Database of All Businesses dealing with illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements

UN to Vote on Database of All Businesses dealing with illegal Israeli Squatter Settlements

TeleSur | – – The U.N. resolution, which angered EU countries, says certain companies and enterprises are helping the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. The […]

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Syria
In wake of Brussels attacks, Europe demands negotiated Settlement of Syrian Civil War, Now

In wake of Brussels attacks, Europe demands negotiated Settlement of Syrian Civil War, Now

By EurActiv with AFP The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met with Syria’s regime and opposition… (23 March) to underscore the urgency of a […]

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Belgium
Europe:  Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples' Rights

Europe: Improve your Police Work instead of reducing your Peoples’ Rights

By Fiona de Londras | (The Conversation) | – – The attacks of March 22 in Brussels were shocking, but not surprising. They reinforced what […]

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