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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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Jerusalem: Abbas warns Int'l leaders of 'danger' over Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem: Abbas warns Int’l leaders of ‘danger’ over Israeli-Palestinian clashes at Aqsa Mosque

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday warned international leaders at the UN General Assembly of the potential […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Syria: Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War?  Rebels Fret

Syria: Is Bashar al-Assad winning the Diplomatic War? Rebels Fret

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, widely regarded as a war criminal with tens of thousands of deaths […]

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Arab Americans
Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?

Do the Republicans need the Muslim Vote?

by Julie Poucher Harbin, EDITOR | ( ISLAMiCommentary) | – – Over the past week-and-a-half Islamophobia seemed to dominate the headlines; first when a 14-year-old […]

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Bashar al-Assad
To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime's Barrel Bombs

To Stem the Flow of Refugees, Stop the Syrian Regime’s Barrel Bombs

By Kenneth Roth, Executive Director | ( Human Rights Watch) – – Syrian asylum-seekers are the largest component of the latest refugee surge to Europe. […]

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National Security State
How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth

How Henry Kissinger created a world of bad guys Armed to the Teeth

By Greg Grandin | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The only person Henry Kissinger flattered more than President Richard Nixon was Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the […]

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Iran
Israel's Real Fear:  w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant

Israel’s Real Fear: w/out a Demonized Iran, West will see Tel Aviv as Irrelevant

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Relations between Iran and Israel go back almost to the foundation of […]

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al-Qaeda
US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms

US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms

RT | – – “The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for […]

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Dissent
Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria's Assad

Iranian Activists Call On Iran To End Support For Syria’s Assad

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/ RL ) Scores of Iranian political activists and intellectuals have launched an online campaign calling on Iran to end […]

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censorship
Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo

Israeli Soldiers Assault AFP Reporters at West Bank Demo

By IMEMC News | – – Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West […]

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