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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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Middle East
Will the Mideast's Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?

Will the Mideast’s Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As civil wars and cross-border military conflicts continue to escalate in […]

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Bernie Sanders
Here's the Bernie Sanders Primary Day Speech Corporate News Blacked Out

Here’s the Bernie Sanders Primary Day Speech Corporate News Blacked Out

Bernie Sanders | – – Bernie Sanders is speaking, but both CNN and MSNBC are ignoring him right now. pic.twitter.com/8jglLxxD4s — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Mystery:  Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria

Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports on the announcement Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

Juan Cole

Kurds
Can Turkish Democracy survive Bombings, Ethnic Polarization?

Can Turkish Democracy survive Bombings, Ethnic Polarization?

By Cengiz Gunes | (The Conversation) | – – Hours after Ankara was rocked by the second bomb attack in less than three weeks, killing […]

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Islam-hatred
9/11: Clueless US Judge doesn't Know Shiites from al-Qaeda, finds against Iran for $10 Bn.

9/11: Clueless US Judge doesn’t Know Shiites from al-Qaeda, finds against Iran for $10 Bn.

TeleSur | – – A U.S. court last week ordered Tehran to pay US$7.5 billion to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the […]

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Education
And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank on Sunday won the Varkey Foundation’s 2016 Global […]

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Islam-hatred
The American Muslims Trump doesn't Know About

The American Muslims Trump doesn’t Know About

Bridge Initiative Team | (Bridge) | – – In an interview with Donald Trump that aired on Wednesday on CNN, Anderson Cooper asked the Republican […]

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al-Qaeda
Syria:  More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

Syria: More US Weaponry goes to al-Qaeda

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Akhbar (Beirut) reports that al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Levant, also known as the Support […]

Juan Cole

Terrorism
Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

Ankara, Turkey: At least 39 dead after car bombing, Judge Bans Social Media

Euronews | (Video news Report) | “A car bomb has caused carnage in the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara. The authorities now say at […]

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