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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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Obama as Grandmaster of Grand Strategy: Containing China

Obama as Grandmaster of Grand Strategy: Containing China

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – In ways that have eluded Washington pundits and policymakers, President Barack Obama is deploying a subtle […]

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Islam
Ashrawi: "Israel is provoking a global holy war" over Aqsa

Ashrawi: “Israel is provoking a global holy war” over Aqsa

By IMEMC News | – – PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi met with [British Consul General to Jerusalem] Dr. Alastair McPhail at the […]

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Egypt
Mexican Tour Organizers, Buddhist Healers, Baffled by Egyptian Army Attack

Mexican Tour Organizers, Buddhist Healers, Baffled by Egyptian Army Attack

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Gabriela Bejarano Rangel, the sister and daughter of the Mexican organizers of the tour to Egypt […]

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Culture
Andrew Garfield of Spiderman:  Trump 'has a lot,' Unwelcoming of those with Little

Andrew Garfield of Spiderman: Trump ‘has a lot,’ Unwelcoming of those with Little

Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Interview with Andrew Garfield) | – – “Andrew Garfield spent hours with families who’d lost their homes in the foreclosure crisis […]

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Jewish History
Israel:  Rosh Hashanah Dancing Robots -  Happy New Year with a Technion Touch

Israel: Rosh Hashanah Dancing Robots – Happy New Year with a Technion Touch

Technion | Shana Tova – Video| – – “Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has the touch to get you ready for the New Year – a […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: Sierra Nevada snowpack at 500-year low, Worse Coming

Global Warming: Sierra Nevada snowpack at 500-year low, Worse Coming

By Valerie Trouet | (The Conversation) | – – In the Mediterranean climate of California, with its warm, wet winters and hot, dry summers, the […]

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Iran
Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes

Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Despite all the propaganda about the Iranian leaders’ rush to acquire nuclear […]

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Islam
Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day

Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed for the second consecutive day at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on […]

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US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States

US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Public remarks by the head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency and by John Brennan, director […]

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