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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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Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination

Boycotting Indiana over anti-Gay Religious Discrimination

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and John Iadaola (https://twitter.com/jiadarola) host of The Young Turks discusses the backlash and boycotts from […]

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Apartheid
Israel's Hidden Palestinians fight Eviction

Israel’s Hidden Palestinians fight Eviction

AJ+ – “100,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in villages in Israel’s Negev desert are being threatened with eviction. Their communities are not recognised by the State […]

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Displaced and Refugees
As Aden falls to Houthis & Saudis Bomb, Yemenis buy up Food, Fuel

As Aden falls to Houthis & Saudis Bomb, Yemenis buy up Food, Fuel

By Almigdad Mojalli – SANA’A, 1 April 2015 (IRIN) – Yemen’s war continued to escalate on Wednesday, with Saudi-led airstrikes in most major cities and […]

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As Iran talks Progress, US, Iran forces cooperate in taking Tikrit

As Iran talks Progress, US, Iran forces cooperate in taking Tikrit

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – By now the Iraqi government has a long history of claiming areas are “liberated” when the local picture […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity”

Barghouthi: “Joining ICC A Significant Move To Strip Israel’s Illegal Immunity”

By IMEMC News | – Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, stated that by joining the International Criminal Court (ICC), Palestine would […]

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Climate Change
Half of all new Energy world-wide last year was Green

Half of all new Energy world-wide last year was Green

By Sean Buchanan | – ROME, Mar 31 2015 (IPS) – Driven by solar and wind, world investments in renewable energy reversed a two-year dip […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan's China Card

Afghanistan’s China Card

By Dilip Hiro | (Tomdispatch.com) – Call it an irony, if you will, but as the Obama administration struggles to slow down or halt its scheduled withdrawal […]

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War with Iran, by the Numbers

War with Iran, by the Numbers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Sen. John McCain and others on the American Right are in favor of dropping those pesky negotiations with […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Lynching Farkhunda: Birth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan?

Lynching Farkhunda: Birth of Gender Equality and Accountability in Afghanistan?

By Solaiman M Fazel | (Informed Comment) The brutal murder of a 27 year old Afghan female student, Farkhunda, at the hands of an angry […]

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