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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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Unlike Israel's Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal

Unlike Israel’s Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia now says it supports Iran Nuclear Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Saudi-owned, pan-Arab London daily al-Sharq al-Awsat (the Middle East) reported on the meeting Friday between […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer "Third Rate"

Donald Trump Fails Foreign Policy 101, calls Interviewer “Third Rate”

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “Donald Trump was on the Hugh Hewitt radio show and fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

Why Don’t Rich Arab Gulf States Welcome Syrian Refugees?

By Charles Recknagel | (RFE/ RL ) | – – It's hard not to notice how almost all Syrian refugees flee westward rather than seek […]

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Iran
What Iran sacrificed in Deal:  Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel

What Iran sacrificed in Deal: Accepted dependence on Imported Enriched Fuel

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Iran’s nuclear programme has been the target of a great deal of […]

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Palestine
UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections

UN to Back Raising of Palestinian Flag, defying Israeli Objections

By IMEMC News | – – Israel asks UN to rebuff flag initiative A draft resolution on raising the Palestinian flag at the United Nations […]

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Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama's White House

Top 4 Issues Saudi King Salman will discuss in first visit to Obama’s White House

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi King Salman is meeting Friday with President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples

Actually, Davis was jailed because she forbade other Clerks to marry Gay Couples

WLKY News Louisville | (Video News Report) | – – WLKY News Louisville: “5 of Kim Davis’ deputies to issue marriage licenses, Davis still jailed”

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Displaced and Refugees
As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees

As Syrian Refugee Boy Identified, Crisis of Conscience over Refugees

By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi drowned along with his mother, Rehan, and older brother, Galip, while the […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again

Over 1 mn. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon fear Unrest will Expel them Again

RT | (Video News Report) – – “More than a million Syrian refugees feel unwelcome guests in Lebanon, where anti-government protests are only worsening. Many […]

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