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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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“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)

“A Profile in Cowardice” (Political Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol | Jamiol’s World | – – Via Jamiol’s World

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Immigration
“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”

“Give us Your Huddled Masses.” But Syrians “Need Not Apply.”

By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps no words more beautifully define who we are as a people than those etched […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Trump's call for Spying on US Muslims recalls FBI bugging of MLK, Black Churches

Trump’s call for Spying on US Muslims recalls FBI bugging of MLK, Black Churches

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As Donald Trump supporters beat a ‘Black Lives Matter’ protester at his rally in Birmingham, Ala., […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders:  "Turning our backs on refugees destroys the idea of America"

Bernie Sanders: “Turning our backs on refugees destroys the idea of America”

Gwen Ifill/ Bernie Sanders | (PBS News Hour Video) | – – “Sanders: Turning away refugees destroys the idea of America Blurb: How would Democratic […]

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Belgium
Paris Attackers: What radicalized one Brussels Neighborhood?

Paris Attackers: What radicalized one Brussels Neighborhood?

By Martin Conway | (The Conversation) | – – Just as during the German invasions of 1914 and 1940, war, it seems, is coming to […]

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Democratic Party
In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees

In Bipartisan display of Bigotry, 47 Democrats Join with House GOP to Refuse Syrian Refugees

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “Not much is bipartisan these days, but apparently bigotry is something both sides of the […]

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Israel
US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons

US think tank says Israel has around 115 nuclear weapons

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Washington-based think tank published a study Friday reporting Israel’s possession of around 115 nuclear weapons, […]

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"For Paris" on Russian Missiles hitting Syria as ISIL Oil Facilities Targeted

“For Paris” on Russian Missiles hitting Syria as ISIL Oil Facilities Targeted

By Juan Cole | (Informed Coment) | – – the Syrian observatory said that the Russian strikes on the eastern province of Deir al-Zor killed […]

Juan Cole

Counter-Terrorism
How to lose the war on terror: panic and feed ISIL's narrative

How to lose the war on terror: panic and feed ISIL’s narrative

By Daniel Baldino | (The Conversation) | – – Terrorism’s goal is principally psychological. So, in the wake of events like those in Paris, a […]

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