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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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Iran's Khamenei:  GOP Letter Disgusting, shows Decline of American System

Iran’s Khamenei: GOP Letter Disgusting, shows Decline of American System

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei spoke Thursday about the letter signed by 47 Republican senators that had been sent to […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
Saturn's moon Enceladus has an Ocean, Geysers and maybe Life

Saturn’s moon Enceladus has an Ocean, Geysers and maybe Life

By Andrew Coates | (The Conversation) The Cassini mission that has investigated Saturn since 2004 has revealed much about the giant planet and its many […]

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Iran
Just How dangerous is Sen. Tom Cotton, Iran Letter Crackpot?  You'd be Surprised

Just How dangerous is Sen. Tom Cotton, Iran Letter Crackpot? You’d be Surprised

By Medea Benjamin and Nalini Ramachandran | (Foreign Policy in Focus) Hailing from Arkansas, 37-year-old Senator Cotton boasts the title of being the youngest member […]

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Climate Change
As state Sinks, GOP forbids Fla. State Enviro workers from saying "Climate Change"

As state Sinks, GOP forbids Fla. State Enviro workers from saying “Climate Change”

RT America| – “The agency responsible for setting and enforcing conservation guidelines for the state of Florida, the Department of Environmental Protection, reportedly issued directives […]

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Climate Change
Is Big Oil Finally Entering a Climate Change World?

Is Big Oil Finally Entering a Climate Change World?

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) Many reasons have been provided for the dramatic plunge in the price of oil to about $60 per barrel […]

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Barack Obama
Contrary to Israeli PM, alternative to realistic Iran Nuclear Deal is *no* Deal

Contrary to Israeli PM, alternative to realistic Iran Nuclear Deal is *no* Deal

By Thomas Graham, Jr. | (Informed Comment) A possible agreement on the nuclear issue with Iran has been much in the news these days. The […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Satellite Imaging Shows 4/5s of Lights across Syria have gone out

Satellite Imaging Shows 4/5s of Lights across Syria have gone out

By Josh Butler | – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – A single image can be more powerful, more descriptive and more potent than an entire essay […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Army Incursion into Central Gaza to Bulldoze Farmland

Israeli Army Incursion into Central Gaza to Bulldoze Farmland

By Saed Bannoura | IMEMC & Agencies – Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers carried out, on Wednesday morning, a limited invasion into an […]

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Dear Sweden:  HR Dispute with Saudis makes this a good time to adopt Electric Cars

Dear Sweden: HR Dispute with Saudis makes this a good time to adopt Electric Cars

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) First, the new left wing government in Sweden cancelled an arms sale to Saudi Arabia, even though Prime Minister […]

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