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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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Debate: Clinton slams Iran, Putin & supports Syrian Rebels; Sanders rejects Intervention

Debate: Clinton slams Iran, Putin & supports Syrian Rebels; Sanders rejects Intervention

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Foreign policy came up a bit in the Democratic Party debate. One form it took was a […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Oct.: Israelis kill 30 Palestinians, wound 1500; 7* Israelis Killed, over 20 Wounded

Oct.: Israelis kill 30 Palestinians, wound 1500; 7* Israelis Killed, over 20 Wounded

By IMEMC | – – Since October 1st, 30 Palestinians have been killed, and more than 1500 others injured by Israeli troops, according to the […]

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Iran
Iran Parliament ratifies Nuclear Deal as Tehran Emerges on World Stage

Iran Parliament ratifies Nuclear Deal as Tehran Emerges on World Stage

By Edward Wastnidge | (The Conversation) | – – Iran’s parliament has approved the much-ballyhooed deal to limit its nuclear programme. After years of suspicion […]

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Islam-hatred
Swedish Bearded Men Mistaken For ISIL

Swedish Bearded Men Mistaken For ISIL

AJ+ | – – “In Sweden a group of bearded men (Bearded Villains) are saying that they were mistaken for ISIL fighters during a gathering […]

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Militarization
Endless Rounds of "Vietnamization" as America's Colonial Armies Collapse one by One

Endless Rounds of “Vietnamization” as America’s Colonial Armies Collapse one by One

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – First came Fallujah, then Mosul, and later Ramadi in Iraq.  Now, there is Kunduz, […]

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Dissent
Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

Ankara bombs: Turkey is being torn apart by bad leaders and bad neighbors

By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | – – It had already been a deadly summer of political instability in Turkey. And now this. Another […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

Global Warming: See the Extreme Ice Changes Near the Antarctic Peninsula

James Balog | The National Geographic (Video Report) | – – “Join the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) team on an expedition to South Georgia Island […]

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Russia
Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

Can Russia afford Its Syria Campaign?

By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL ) Rough estimates suggest that Moscow has spent at least $87 million for air and cruise-missile strikes in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

Palestinians want West Bank & Gaza to be put under UN protection

By Samer B. Jaber | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – We, a group of professional and trade union figures, intellectuals, and political activists, appeal […]

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