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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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President Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill

RT | — As promised, US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill from Congress which will halt construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. […]

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History

The Dynamism of American Islam

By Joseph Richard Preville and Julie Poucher Harbin | (ISLAMiCommentary) How do Muslims fit into the quilt of American history? Jonathan Curiel investigates this question […]

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Barack Obama
War on Whistleblowers (ft. Edward Snowden & David Carr)

War on Whistleblowers (ft. Edward Snowden & David Carr)

Brave New Films | – Brave New Films: War on Whistleblowers (ft. Edward Snowden & David Carr) War on Whistleblowers highlights recent cases where American […]

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Climate Change
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Renewable Energy skyrocketing, From Solar Mosques to Wave-Powered Naval Bases

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Here are some of the green energy good news stories of the past few weeks: 1. China put […]

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Climate Change
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Surprise: Noted Climate Change Denialist Secretly Took Oil Co. Payouts

By Nadia Prupis | (Commondreams.org) A prominent climate change denier and researcher quietly took more than $1.2 million in payouts from the energy industry, including […]

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Domestic Surveillance
‘I would have come forward sooner’ - Snowden on NSA leak regrets

‘I would have come forward sooner’ – Snowden on NSA leak regrets

RT | – Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has frequently said that he does not regret blowing the whistle on the agency’s mass […]

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Iran
Leak:  Netanyahu's 2012 Iran Bomb Warning refuted by Israeli Intel

Leak: Netanyahu’s 2012 Iran Bomb Warning refuted by Israeli Intel

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “Benjamin Netanyahu’s dramatic declaration to world leaders in 2012 that Iran was about a year away from making […]

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Egypt
In Egypt, the Law itself is an Enemy of Women’s Rights

In Egypt, the Law itself is an Enemy of Women’s Rights

By Rana Allam | – CAIRO, Feb 23 2015 (IPS) – In November 2013, a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey ranked Egypt as the worst of […]

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Health
Israel denies Gaza govt floodwater allegations

Israel denies Gaza govt floodwater allegations

NB AFP has withdrawn the original story. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel on Monday rejected allegations by the government in the Gaza Strip that authorities had […]

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