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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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Islam-hatred
The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate:  How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews

The Conservative Rhetoric of Hate: How to Lose Friends and legitimate Extremist Worldviews

BY TAREQ A. RAMADAN | (Informed Comment) | – – Highly essentialist and virulent anti-Islamic, anti-Arab ‘conservative’ platitudes on Islam and Muslims being disseminated by […]

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Israel Lobbies
The real Threat to Peace?  Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary

The real Threat to Peace? Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary

By Sina Toossi | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – With pundits and columnists dissecting and critiquing every word uttered by GOP front-runners Ben […]

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Syria
10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria

10 facts the government doesn’t want you to know about Syria

By Ian Sinclair | (Open Democracy) | – – Following the Paris terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015, the British government has got its wish […]

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Israel/ Palestine
US nonprofits 'donate $220 mn.' to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank

US nonprofits ‘donate $220 mn.’ to Israeli Squatter settlements on Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Over $220 million has been given in tax-exempted US funds to illegal Israeli settlements in the […]

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European Union
Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: "Mr Trump...is feeding hatred and misinformation"

Global Outrage at Trump Islamophobia; French PM: “Mr Trump…is feeding hatred and misinformation”

Euractiv.com | – – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday (8 December) defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his […]

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Barack Obama
Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!

Oh, no! Not another American war against evil!

By Ira Chernus | (Informed Comment) | – – This time, it’s the Islamic State (IS). After the attacks in Paris, Barack Obama, spokesman-in-chief for […]

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Islam-hatred
Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections

Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections

Karam Dana | (Informed Comment) | – – Just when you think GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has done it all, you are proven wrong. […]

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American Jews
Top 6 Times US government Excluded Millions based on Race or Religion

Top 6 Times US government Excluded Millions based on Race or Religion

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other bigots on the far right are nothing new in American […]

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Anti-War Movement
America’s biggest enemy is our own American Exceptionalism

America’s biggest enemy is our own American Exceptionalism

Bjarne Rostaing | (Informed Comment) | – – American Exceptionalism has an appealing patriotic buzz, though we owe the phrase to Josef Stalin, who was […]

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