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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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art and photography
War is Beautiful: How Newspapers’ War Photography Conceals the Hideous Reality

War is Beautiful: How Newspapers’ War Photography Conceals the Hideous Reality

By David Shields | (Informed Comment) | – – The following is an excerpt from War Is Beautiful by David Shields: For decades, upon opening […]

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Middle East
From Canada as Hawk to Canada as Peacemaker in Mideast

From Canada as Hawk to Canada as Peacemaker in Mideast

By Richard Foltz | (Informed Comment) | – _ As midnight approached on October 19th Canadians staying up to watch the results of the federal […]

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Climate Change
House 'Science' Committee Climate Witch Hunt is Worse than Benghazi!

House ‘Science’ Committee Climate Witch Hunt is Worse than Benghazi!

Michael Mann| (Thom Hartmann Video Interview) | – – “Thom Hartmann talks with Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn […]

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African-Americans
SC Cop Flips Black Student In Her Desk

SC Cop Flips Black Student In Her Desk

Cenk Uygur, Brett Erlich, and Hannah Cranston | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “A cop in South Carolina was called in to deal […]

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Health
Yemen: Coalition Airstrikes Hit Hospital

Yemen: Coalition Airstrikes Hit Hospital

Human Rights Watch | – – (Sanaa) – The airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in northern Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Jerusalem: A City Governed by Fear

Jerusalem: A City Governed by Fear

By: Emily Mulder | ( Ma’an News Agency ) | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Mohammad, a 20-year-old Palestinian and resident of Jerusalem, was attacked […]

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Iran helping build "New Syrian Army;" ISIL fighters Fleeing to Iraq from Russian Airstrikes

Iran helping build “New Syrian Army;” ISIL fighters Fleeing to Iraq from Russian Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarabiya television is reporting 16 new casualties in Syria since October 9 among Iranian fighters there. […]

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Afghanistan
Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse

Earthquake in Pakistan & Afghanistan hits Poor Worse

Channel 4 News | (Video News Report) | – – “More than 200 people have been killed in a powerful quake which shook areas of […]

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Senior National Security Advisers urge Obama to put Spec Ops Troops close to ISIL Front

Senior National Security Advisers urge Obama to put Spec Ops Troops close to ISIL Front

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Missy Ryan and Greg Jaffe at the Washington Post reveal that President Obama’s senior national security […]

Juan Cole

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