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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
Israeli decision to ban Palestinian products ‘racist’: Palestine PM

Israeli decision to ban Palestinian products ‘racist’: Palestine PM

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Sunday slammed the recent Israeli decision to ban Palestinian food […]

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Bernie Sanders
Amy Goodman:  Media 'manufacturing consent' for Trump over Sanders via Blackout

Amy Goodman: Media ‘manufacturing consent’ for Trump over Sanders via Blackout

Bernieforpresident | (CNN’s Reliable Sources Video) | – – “DemocracyNow! host Amy Goodman told CNN’s Brian Stelter that his network and most other mainstream media […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Will the Int'l Criminal Court charge Israeli PM Netanyahu with war crimes?

Will the Int’l Criminal Court charge Israeli PM Netanyahu with war crimes?

TeleSur \ – – The cases, brought to the court by several legal and activist groups, include wide-ranging charges of war crimes against Israel[i officials]. […]

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Saudi Arabia
Is Saudi Arabia's 'Islamic' Coalition against Terrorism a Paper Tiger?

Is Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic’ Coalition against Terrorism a Paper Tiger?

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL ) | – – Saudi Arabia made a splash when it announced the formation of a 34-country "Islamic" alliance […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians

Hillary Clinton goes full Neocon at AIPAC, Demonizes Iran, Palestinians

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I once heard Hillary Clinton give her AIPAC speech at a university. It doesn’t change much, […]

Juan Cole

Latin America
Obama in Historic Tour of Old Havana

Obama in Historic Tour of Old Havana

TeleSur | – – Obama will spend two and half days in Cuba, where he will meet with U.S.-backed activists and attend a baseball game. […]

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Bill of Rights
How Bush-Cheneyism made Mideast in its Image: Wars, WOT, With us or Against Us

How Bush-Cheneyism made Mideast in its Image: Wars, WOT, With us or Against Us

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Thirteen years after the illegal US invasion of Iraq, it is worth considering its full impact […]

Juan Cole

China
The New Interventionists: It isn't just the Yanquis any more

The New Interventionists: It isn’t just the Yanquis any more

Mark Leonard | ( Project Syndicate ) | – – In the 1990s, after genocides in Rwanda and the Balkans, Western countries developed a doctrine […]

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Islam-hatred
White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over 'Inhumane Treatment'

White Terrorist and Muslim-Hater Breivik Sues Norway over ‘Inhumane Treatment’

AJ+ | – – “Anders Breivik’s trial over inhumane prison conditions just ended. His more serious complaints include 23-hour isolation, censorship and hundreds of strip […]

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