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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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Assad: Syria has 'no relation' with Hamas, will Never Trust it Again

Assad: Syria has ‘no relation’ with Hamas, will Never Trust it Again

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Syrian regime no longer has any relationship with former ally Hamas and will never trust the movement again, Syrian President Bashar […]

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Houthi
Yemen as War of Right-Wing Billionaire Establishment in the Middle East

Yemen as War of Right-Wing Billionaire Establishment in the Middle East

By Conn Hallinan | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen has more in common with 19th-century Europe than the 21st-century […]

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As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

As US Consulate in Irbil. Iraq, is Bombed, can US still do Diplomacy in ME?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) A bombing that killed 3 people and wounded 10 on Saturday outside the US consulate in Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, […]

Juan Cole

Iran
If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

If U.S. Bombed Iran What Would Actually Happen?

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – ” Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks discusses what would happen if the United States decided to […]

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Iraq
Iraq: Shiite Gov't faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

Iraq: Shiite Gov’t faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Only a few hours after the start of the next big military campaign against the Islamic State […]

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Houthi
Yemen: U.N. calls for Ceasefire, denounces War Crimes

Yemen: U.N. calls for Ceasefire, denounces War Crimes

By Thalif Deen | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The United Nations, which is providing humanitarian aid to over 50 million refugees worldwide, is struggling […]

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Energy
Clean Disruption: Why Conventional Energy and Transportation will be Obsolete by 2030

Clean Disruption: Why Conventional Energy and Transportation will be Obsolete by 2030

Tony Seba | “Tony Seba gives the keynote address at the NZ SmartGrid Forum at the Te Papa museum in Wellington, New Zealand, March 31, […]

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Dissent
Iraq:  Why it doesn't Matter if Ezzat al-Douri was Killed

Iraq: Why it doesn’t Matter if Ezzat al-Douri was Killed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The currently partly unemployed Iraqi governor of Salahuddin Province, displaced from much of his territory by Daesh (ISIS […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli Supreme Court Upholds ‘Anti-Boycott Law’

Israeli Supreme Court Upholds ‘Anti-Boycott Law’

By Sarah Saadoun | (Human Rights Watch) – On Wednesday, Israel’s Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the country’s “anti-boycott law,” which makes it a civil […]

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