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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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Books
Big Win For Fair Use In Google Books Lawsuit

Big Win For Fair Use In Google Books Lawsuit

By Corynne McSherry | (Electronic Freedom Foundation) | – – In a long-anticipated ruling, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed Google a clear victory […]

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Climate Change
Study: Miami, New Orleans Can’t Be Saved From Rising Sea Levels

Study: Miami, New Orleans Can’t Be Saved From Rising Sea Levels

GeoBeats News | – – “According to a recently published study, Miami, New Orleans, and a number of other US cities are already beyond the […]

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Balkans
Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban's Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe

Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban’s Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban not only continued to defend his anti-immigrant bigotry but went on […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
While Sanders Scores Small Donors, Clinton and Bush Buoyed by Wall Street

While Sanders Scores Small Donors, Clinton and Bush Buoyed by Wall Street

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org | – – In terms of support from financiers, ‘no other candidates came close to Clinton and […]

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Palestine
The anger of Palestine's 'lost' generation

The anger of Palestine’s ‘lost’ generation

By: Killian Redden | – Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A few weeks before an Israeli soldier shot him through the […]

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Afghanistan
Putin says Afghan Situation 'Close to Critical': Will he intervene there, Too?

Putin says Afghan Situation ‘Close to Critical’: Will he intervene there, Too?

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE / RL) | – – Russia has signaled its willingness to boost its involvement in Afghan security in a […]

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Iran
Will Iran's Alliance with Russia Strengthen its hand in Mideast?

Will Iran’s Alliance with Russia Strengthen its hand in Mideast?

By Nader Habibi and Harith Hasan Al-Qarawee | (The Conversation) | – – The sudden launch of Russia’s military operations in Syria late last month […]

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al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in Syria Leader: Kill Alawite Minority, Russians; Christians fear West Backs Him

Al-Qaeda in Syria Leader: Kill Alawite Minority, Russians; Christians fear West Backs Him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The leader of al-Qaeda in Syria, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, has called for an escalation in attacks […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – That figure stunned me. I found it in the 12th paragraph of a front-page New […]

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