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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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Syria:  Mission Impossible

Syria: Mission Impossible

By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – p>Imagine this new TV series coming to HBO in 2016. The planet faces an […]

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al-Qaeda
How Turkish President Erdogan went Wrong:  Dividing and Not Ruling

How Turkish President Erdogan went Wrong: Dividing and Not Ruling

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Receb Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, was once seen as a political breath of fresh […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Refugees in Jordan's Camps Reply to Dr. Ben Carson

Syrian Refugees in Jordan’s Camps Reply to Dr. Ben Carson

AJ+ | (Video report) | – – “After a recent visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson described it […]

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Climate Change
For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

For Pacific Islanders, Paris Climate Summit is Life or Death

Euronews & Scott B. Power | – – “Dozens of activists at the COP 21 summit in Paris have taken part in the so-called Run […]

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Iraq
Beyond ISIS:  Suicide by World War IV

Beyond ISIS: Suicide by World War IV

By Andrew Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) |- – Introduction by Tom Engelhardt Let’s consider the two parties in Washington. I’m not referring to the Republican and […]

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How the NRA is harming American Security:  Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

How the NRA is harming American Security: Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As I write, the full story behind the heinous San Bernardino shootings, which left 14 dead […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria:  Should We?

Senators McCain & Lindsay want to “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria: Should We?

Guest post from Brian Glyn Williams on viable strategy to diminish terrorist attacks in the West.

Juan Cole

Central Asia
Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized?  Militant Secularism in Central Asia

Can Muslim Fundamentalism be Criminalized? Militant Secularism in Central Asia

By Farangis Najibullah and Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL) | – – Nabijon spends nearly 10 hours a day inside his one-room barbershop on a […]

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Islam-hatred
Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

Dilemma of the Left: How to be anti-racist, anti-War and yet oppose Radical Islamism?

By Max Farrar and Rumana Hashem | (Open Democracy) | – – After the 13/11 atrocities in Paris, with global elites increasingly turning their dreams […]

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