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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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Scott Walker compares unions to ISIS

Scott Walker compares unions to ISIS

Think Progress | – “Scott Walker speaks at CPAC 2015” Think Progress Video: “Scott Walker compares unions to ISIS”

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History
ISIL militants destroy Humankind's heritage of Civilization from Ancient Iraq

ISIL militants destroy Humankind’s heritage of Civilization from Ancient Iraq

RT | – The Islamic State has posted a video online showing a group of militants destroying ancient statues and other artifacts, saying they are […]

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Why Netanyahu's Congress Speech will Fail:  Iran Can't be Stopped, only Monitored

Why Netanyahu’s Congress Speech will Fail: Iran Can’t be Stopped, only Monitored

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The conspiracy hatched by Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to undermine […]

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Islam
Jewish Jihad on Palestinians: Israeli Squatters burn mosque near Bethlehem

Jewish Jihad on Palestinians: Israeli Squatters burn mosque near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Extremist Jewish settlers set fire overnight Tuesday to a mosque in the southern West Bank town of al-Jaba west of Bethlehem, locals […]

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Climate Change
Kenya Nomads strap Donkeys with Solar Panels for Mobile Batteries

Kenya Nomads strap Donkeys with Solar Panels for Mobile Batteries

K24TV | – “Shepherds in Kajiado county have devised an ingenious way of ensuring that that they make full use of the solar power in […]

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Israel
Fallout in Gaza:  After a War, 120,000 Still Living in Rubble:

Fallout in Gaza: After a War, 120,000 Still Living in Rubble:

VICE News | – “During the devastating 50-day war in Israel and Gaza this past summer, around 18,000 homes in Gaza were destroyed or severely […]

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Bill of Rights
The "Christian State" of Idaho?

The “Christian State” of Idaho?

KXLY ABC | — “Do you think Idaho should be classified as a Christian state? That’s the question the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee will […]

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Assyrians
Syria:  Daesh/ ISIL takes 150 Christians Captive as 3,000 flee to Hasaka

Syria: Daesh/ ISIL takes 150 Christians Captive as 3,000 flee to Hasaka

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Al-Nahar (“The Day,” Beirut) reported that dozens of Assyrian Christians have been abducted by Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) in […]

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Drones
American 'Exceptionalism' or just Above the Law?  Torture, Drones, Assassination with Impunity

American ‘Exceptionalism’ or just Above the Law? Torture, Drones, Assassination with Impunity

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) – “The sovereign is he who decides on the exception,” said conservative thinker Carl Schmitt in 1922, meaning that […]

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