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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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Syria:  Signs of Popular Backlash Against al-Qaeda

Syria: Signs of Popular Backlash Against al-Qaeda

By Robert S. Ford and Tony Ghazal Mouawad | (Informed Comment) As the Syrian civil war drags into its fifth year, the al-Qai’da linked Nusra […]

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Apartheid
Apartheid Forever:  Israel's Netanyahu rules out Palestinian Citizenship Rights

Apartheid Forever: Israel’s Netanyahu rules out Palestinian Citizenship Rights

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, under extreme pressure over the real possibility that he will lose the March 17 […]

Juan Cole

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Worst than ISIL: Iraq's US-caused Public Health Catastrophe

Worst than ISIL: Iraq’s US-caused Public Health Catastrophe

By Mozhgan Savabieasfahani | (Informed Comment) The Iraqi people, once the envy of the Arab world for their outstanding educational and health-care systems, have been […]

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Apartheid
Palestine:  2014 sees Record number of Journalists Targeted

Palestine: 2014 sees Record number of Journalists Targeted

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) said Sunday that 2014 saw 465 violations of media freedoms in the occupied […]

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Dissent
Palestinian-Israelis Aspire to National Role after Elections

Palestinian-Israelis Aspire to National Role after Elections

France24 | – At 20% of the Israeli population, Israelis of Palestinian heritage have united to back a single party and for the first time […]

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Dissent
Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran

Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran

By Sammy Smooha | (The Conversation) There are 5.3 million eligible voters living in Israel today (votes may be not cast abroad). Among these voters […]

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Democracy
Top 5 ways Netanyahu sabotaged US and Israel Interests

Top 5 ways Netanyahu sabotaged US and Israel Interests

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Binyamin Netanyahu is fighting the most difficult political battle of his life. His party seems likely to come […]

Juan Cole

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Shale Oil is no Savior- its rail cars keep exploding in our home towns

Shale Oil is no Savior- its rail cars keep exploding in our home towns

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) On July 6th, 2013, a train composed of tank cars filled with shale oil sat on the railroad tracks […]

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Gaza:  Child Survivors with PTSD - Aftermath of the Israeli offensive

Gaza: Child Survivors with PTSD – Aftermath of the Israeli offensive

RT | – “The UN is looking into possible war-crimes committed by Israel in Gaza. RT’s Bel Trew has the stories of those who survivor […]

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