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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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Top 5 Crazy things Ben Carson said about Middle East and Islam

Top 5 Crazy things Ben Carson said about Middle East and Islam

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Ben Carson is withdrawing from the GOP primary fight. Since he has emerged as the front […]

Juan Cole

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Numbers Game:  Can the Republican Establishment still Defeat Trump?

Numbers Game: Can the Republican Establishment still Defeat Trump?

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is well on his way to the Republican nomination for president. But Marco Rubio, […]

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Democracy
Nine Takeaways From Iran's Elections

Nine Takeaways From Iran’s Elections

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | – – Iran's moderates and reformists have had nearly a week to celebrate their return from a decade […]

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Syria
Has Western intervention prolonged the Syrian Civil War? & has our Press Covered it up?

Has Western intervention prolonged the Syrian Civil War? & has our Press Covered it up?

By Ian Sinclair | ( Open Democracy ) | – – The media keeps saying that the West isn’t involved in Syria. This isn’t true. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
No, Mr. Netanyahu, Hamas is not exactly like ISIL

No, Mr. Netanyahu, Hamas is not exactly like ISIL

By: Belal Shobaki | Ma’an News Agency | al-Shabaka | – – While Israel’s efforts to link Palestinian resistance to its military occupation to global […]

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National Security Agency
US Airstrikes have made Hundreds of Thousands of Widows, Orphans in past 15 Yrs; GOP Pledges New level of War Crimes

US Airstrikes have made Hundreds of Thousands of Widows, Orphans in past 15 Yrs; GOP Pledges New level of War Crimes

By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The crowd that gathered in an airplane hangar in the desert roared with excitement when the […]

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Foreign Policy
Can we trust Middle East Policy to any of these Presidential Candidates?

Can we trust Middle East Policy to any of these Presidential Candidates?

By Simon Reich | (The Conversation) | – – Elections, the perennial wisdom tells us, are generally not decided by foreign policy issues. But who’s […]

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GOP Candidates up ante, Promise 4 Major Ground Wars, murder of Innocents, Large Genitalia

GOP Candidates up ante, Promise 4 Major Ground Wars, murder of Innocents, Large Genitalia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At yet another GOP debate, there was a foreign policy section, which Fox News predictably put […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Islam:  Do you know the difference between Sunni & Shiite?

Islam: Do you know the difference between Sunni & Shiite?

AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – AJ+: “What’s The Difference Between Shia And Sunni Islam?”

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