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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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Which Protest-busting Dictator is Trump most Like?

Which Protest-busting Dictator is Trump most Like?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump’s incitement chickens came home to roost in Chicago on Friday, when his acolytes attacked […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Is Iran Pres. Rouhani trying to Rehabilitate  Khatami & the Reformers?

Is Iran Pres. Rouhani trying to Rehabilitate Khatami & the Reformers?

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL ) | – – Iran’s president has broken a long-standing taboo by publicly defending a reformist predecessor, but his […]

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Children
Thousands of Children Under Siege in War-Torn Syria

Thousands of Children Under Siege in War-Torn Syria

By Valentina Ieri | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Seeing children dying due to a lack of doctors and medicines, […]

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Bernie Sanders
Is the Clinton Campaign Borrowing Bernie Sanders’ Issues, Rhetoric?

Is the Clinton Campaign Borrowing Bernie Sanders’ Issues, Rhetoric?

By Bianca Perez | ( TeleSur Independent Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont has stuck to his ideals throughout his campaign and has been criticized by […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Occupation forces from Israel disperse protests in Palestinian West Bank

Occupation forces from Israel disperse protests in Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Scores of demonstrators suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli forces dispersed weekly protests in […]

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GOP debate Civil?  Candidates urged torture, child-murder, backing bloody Dictatorships

GOP debate Civil? Candidates urged torture, child-murder, backing bloody Dictatorships

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The headlines Friday about the GOP debate in Miami stressed how relatively civil it was, with […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
The FBI's outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple

The FBI’s outrageous assault on the 1st Amendment and Apple

By Andrew Crocker | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) | – – Last week, EFF filed a brief in support of Apple’s fight against the […]

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Turkey
Turkey's Gender Stereotyping made a Mockery of Women's Day

Turkey’s Gender Stereotyping made a Mockery of Women’s Day

By Ece Basay | ( Globalvoices.org ) | – – March 8 is marked as International Women’s Day in Turkey, and is typified as elsewhere […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Giant British security firm G4S to end Israeli business after BDS pressure

Giant British security firm G4S to end Israeli business after BDS pressure

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — British security giant G4S announced Wednesday plans to sell its Israeli businesses in the next 12 […]

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