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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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America's Groundhog Day in Afghanistan and Iraq: The Headlines just Recycle

America’s Groundhog Day in Afghanistan and Iraq: The Headlines just Recycle

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – With General John Campbell’s tour of duty in Afghanistan finished, a new commander has taken over.  Admittedly, […]

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Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn't 'Hate us'

Top 6 Signs Trump is wrong & Islam doesn’t ‘Hate us’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Republican presidential candidate and billionaire bigot Donald J. Trump said in a CNN interview on Wednesday […]

Juan Cole

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Why Isn't this News?  US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen

Why Isn’t this News? US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen

By Bill Hess | (Informed Comment) | – – The just-announced negotiations between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia may or may not lead to a […]

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Environment
Does Fracking give you Cancer?

Does Fracking give you Cancer?

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarming and world-shaking new findings have emerged about the dangers of waste water from hydraulic fracturing […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Biden: Israel cannot stop violence solely through physical force

Biden: Israel cannot stop violence solely through physical force

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Israel could not stop violent acts carried […]

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Food
A Majority of those going Hungry in the World are Women

A Majority of those going Hungry in the World are Women

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Women, responsible for more than half of global food production, comprise […]

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Europe
Has The Gateway to Europe Been Shut To Refugees? (AJ+)

Has The Gateway to Europe Been Shut To Refugees? (AJ+)

AJ+ Reports on a tentative deal between countries of the EU and Turkey

Nicholas Kolenda

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Nearly Half of Israeli Jews want to Expel Palestinian-Israelis from Country

Nearly Half of Israeli Jews want to Expel Palestinian-Israelis from Country

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Nearly half of the over 6 million Israeli Jews want to expel from the country the […]

Juan Cole

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Does Bernie's Michigan Win make it a whole new Ball Game?

Does Bernie’s Michigan Win make it a whole new Ball Game?

Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola & Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Just before Michigan was called for Bernie Sanders […]

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