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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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African-Americans
Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In one of his last speeches, at Grosse Point, MI., the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., laid out […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

CCTV America | — “CCTV America’s Susan Roberts interviewed Yemen correspondent for The Times of London Iona Craig about how Yemen has played a role […]

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Apartheid
We must Support Palestinians' Decision to Join the Int'l Criminal Court

We must Support Palestinians’ Decision to Join the Int’l Criminal Court

By Kenneth Roth | (Human Rights Watch)– Published in: Los Angeles Times The Israel exception to Western governments’ human rights principles has been starkly on […]

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Apartheid
Gaza:  Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society

Gaza: Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society

By Khaled Alashqar | (IPS) — Samah Shaheen (right), one of Gaza’s many disabled young people, joined the Irada programme to acquire expertise, learn computerised […]

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Climate Change
Ocean Life on the Verge of Mass Extinction

Ocean Life on the Verge of Mass Extinction

TheLipTV | — “Humans are leading us to unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them potentially putting us on the verge […]

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Climate Change
Amazing Green Cars at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

Amazing Green Cars at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — I caught the Detroit Auto Show on Saturday afternoon. As always, it was great to see the concept […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
50+ anti-Muslim attacks across France in Charlie Hebdo aftermath

50+ anti-Muslim attacks across France in Charlie Hebdo aftermath

RT | — “France is suffering a wave of hate attacks against Muslims in the wake of last week’s Islamic extremist attacks in and around […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Shiites, Fuming over Slow US Fight against ISIL, threaten to Revoke Agreement

Iraqi Shiites, Fuming over Slow US Fight against ISIL, threaten to Revoke Agreement

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Four months have passed since the US began to work with an international alliance to confront the […]

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Apartheid
As ICC launches Israel War Crimes Probe, PLO & Hamas Applaud

As ICC launches Israel War Crimes Probe, PLO & Hamas Applaud

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday said it welcomed the decision to open an initial probe on Israeli war crimes at […]

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