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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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The Big Carbon Empire strikes Back

The Big Carbon Empire strikes Back

By Michael T. Klare | Tomdispatch.com | — Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack.  Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the […]

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al-Qaeda
Paris Terrorist was Radicalized by Bush's Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture

Paris Terrorist was Radicalized by Bush’s Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Sharif and Said Kouashi, the two brothers for whom the French police are searching, were born in Paris […]

Juan Cole

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'Cartoonists for Peace' respond defiantly to Paris Terrorists

‘Cartoonists for Peace’ respond defiantly to Paris Terrorists

By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 8 2015 (IPS) – “They are cowards who react to satire by going for their Kalashnikovs.” That was how […]

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African-Americans
MSM ignores Bombing of Colorado Springs NAACP by White Terrorist

MSM ignores Bombing of Colorado Springs NAACP by White Terrorist

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “”An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter […]

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Apartheid
The economics at the heart of Israeli settlements

The economics at the heart of Israeli settlements

JERUSALEM | January 2015 | (IRIN) | – Of all the hurdles to peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, perhaps the largest is the […]

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al-Qaeda
Sharpening Contradictions:  Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris

Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Why was 2014 Hottest Year on Record?   The Humans did it

Why was 2014 Hottest Year on Record? The Humans did it

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — A Japanese team has confirmed that 2014 was the hottest year on record. Moreover, ten of the warmest […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Obama will Veto Keystone XL Pipeline, Stopping 110 mn tons of CO2 Annually

Obama will Veto Keystone XL Pipeline, Stopping 110 mn tons of CO2 Annually

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that President Obama plans to veto a newly introduced pro-Keystone XL bill […]

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Climate Change
As 2014 declared Warmest Year, Watch where World's CO2 Comes From

As 2014 declared Warmest Year, Watch where World’s CO2 Comes From

Vox | — “A new high-resolution computer model created by NASA shows carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas driving global warming, as you’ve never seen it […]

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