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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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ISIL, Yemen, Syria:  Drought, Climate Change and new Wars

ISIL, Yemen, Syria: Drought, Climate Change and new Wars

By David Reed | (Foreign Policy in Focus) – Natural resource scarcity poses a far broader challenge to prosperity and national security than traditional military […]

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Apartheid
French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project

French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project

by IMEMC News | – France-based utility giant Suez Environnement said Wednesday that, because of political sensitivities, it has decided not to take part in […]

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Climate Change
Antarctic Ice Melting Faster than Ever in "Unstoppable Decline"

Antarctic Ice Melting Faster than Ever in “Unstoppable Decline”

By Laurence Padman, Fernando Paolo and Helen Amanda Fricker | (The Conversation) Ask people what they know about Antarctica and they usually mention cold, snow […]

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Houthi
Who Has A Stake In Yemen Fight?

Who Has A Stake In Yemen Fight?

By Michael Scollon | (RFE/RL) – Yemen is at the center of a proxy war between regional heavyweights Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's the source […]

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Lebanon's Shiite Hizbullah slams Saudi attack on Yemen

Lebanon’s Shiite Hizbullah slams Saudi attack on Yemen

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah, Lebanese Shiite party-militia, weighed in on Friday on the Saudi intervention in […]

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Bill of Rights
Will Indiana 'Religious Freedom' Law permit anti-Gay Discrimination?

Will Indiana ‘Religious Freedom’ Law permit anti-Gay Discrimination?

Jackie Koppell and Jo Ankier | (TheLipTV) “Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a religious freedom bill into law amid pressure from opponents who argue that […]

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Apartheid
More Palestinians killed than any year since1967, Says United Nations

More Palestinians killed than any year since1967, Says United Nations

By Valentina Ieri UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – In 2014, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) saw the worst escalation of hostilities […]

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American Jews
Ted Cruz Thinks Non-Christians Have Too Much Power

Ted Cruz Thinks Non-Christians Have Too Much Power

Cenk Uygur, John Iadaola and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks) – “Cenk Uygur, John Iadaola and Jimmy Dore host of The Young Turks discusses […]

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Israel
The rise of the Israeli far right & the future of Palestine

The rise of the Israeli far right & the future of Palestine

By Ghassan Khatib | (Ma’an News Agency) – The victory of Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies last week at the polls amounts to a […]

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