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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
Int’l Criticism mounts over massive Israeli ‘land grab’ in Palestinian West Bank

Int’l Criticism mounts over massive Israeli ‘land grab’ in Palestinian West Bank

By Killian Redden | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian and international leaders joined a growing chorus of criticism this week […]

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Syria's Kurds to declare Federal Province

Syria’s Kurds to declare Federal Province

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syria’s Kurds have decided to declare a federal province in the northeast of the country and […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
An Offer we can't Refuse: Trump threatens "Riots" if Brokered Convention Sidelines Him

An Offer we can’t Refuse: Trump threatens “Riots” if Brokered Convention Sidelines Him

By Mark Sovel and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump warned of riots if the Republican party denies him the […]

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Arab Spring
Forgetting Tahrir: The Man on Horseback and the fate of Egypt's Revolution

Forgetting Tahrir: The Man on Horseback and the fate of Egypt’s Revolution

Neil Serougi | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – Why would a country that showed itself so courageous in confronting Mubarak’s repression now be content […]

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Russia
Why is Putin Really withdrawing from Syria?

Why is Putin Really withdrawing from Syria?

By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | – – Back in September 30 2015, when Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced the deployment of the Russian air […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders' Path Forward: The Disappointed Generation

Bernie Sanders’ Path Forward: The Disappointed Generation

TeleSur | – – Since the beginning of the presidential campaign Bernie Sanders has received little coverage and has been counted out of having any […]

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Far Right
If it's Trump versus Clinton, what does it Mean for Iran and ISIL Policy?

If it’s Trump versus Clinton, what does it Mean for Iran and ISIL Policy?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – – Despite Donald Trump’s big wins on Tuesday, he is still only halfway to the delegate […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
Has the Pentagon become Lawless, Corrupt & only overseen by Civilian Hawks?

Has the Pentagon become Lawless, Corrupt & only overseen by Civilian Hawks?

Gregory D. Foster | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Item: Two U.S. Navy patrol boats, with 10 sailors aboard, “stray” into Iranian territorial waters, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations

Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has reinstated a policy of confiscating vast swathes of Palestinian land for settlement expansion in […]

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