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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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Climate Change
Hope:  World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

Hope: World Economy Grew but CO2 Emissions Slowed in 2015 (Less Coal, more Wind & Solar)

Pep Canadell | (The Conversation) | – – Despite robust global economic growth over the past two years, worldwide carbon emissions from fossil fuels grew […]

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Islam-hatred
'You ain't no Muslim, Bruv' retort to London Attacker goes Viral

‘You ain’t no Muslim, Bruv’ retort to London Attacker goes Viral

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – With anti-Muslim and xenophobic sentiment on the rise in the wake of Paris attacks, social […]

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Colonialism
Western Invasions can't fix the Middle East because they wrecked the Middle East

Western Invasions can’t fix the Middle East because they wrecked the Middle East

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – One hundred years ago, on 6 May 1916, two men, Briton Sir […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

Israeli Occupation Court Sentences Palestinian Legislator for Thought Crimes

By IMEMC News | – – An Israeli court sentenced, Sunday, democratically-elected leftist Palestinian legislator, and a senior political leader of the Popular Front for […]

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Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

Trump vs. the Founding Fathers on Muslims Coming to US

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his never-ending trolling of the American public, Donald Trump has now come out and urged […]

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Barack Obama
Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL:  Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL: Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama addressed the nation on Sunday night, in an attempt to calm the public mood […]

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Climate Change
Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

Our new Cold War is with Global Warming

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For six centuries or more, history was, above all, the story of the great game of empires. […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISIL/ Daesh can be Starved of Oil Revenue: Here's How

ISIL/ Daesh can be Starved of Oil Revenue: Here’s How

By David Stupples | (The Conversation) | – – The high costs of running the Islamic State’s “caliphate” and fighting a ground war are largely […]

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Climate Change
A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

A brief guide to Climate Change, COP21 and the Middle East

By Lina Eklund | ( Your Middle East “When it comes to climate change the Middle East is part of the problem and will definitely […]

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