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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

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By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

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Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

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Anthony Bourdain on Iran and Beirut (Bisley Interview)

By Alexander Bisley | (Special to Informed Comment) —  “By the end of this hour I will be seen by many as a terrorist sympathizer, […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Kurds inflict first Major Defeat on Daesh/ ISIL, Rescue Yezidis of Sinjar

Kurds inflict first Major Defeat on Daesh/ ISIL, Rescue Yezidis of Sinjar

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The pan-Arab London daily, Al-Hayat [Life] reports that the Iraqi Kurdistan paramilitary, the Peshmerga, have taken Mt. Sinjar […]

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GOP Denialism to Sink Capital: 150 Tidal Floods a Year for Washington DC by 2045

Link TV | — “The eastern coast of the United States– from the Gulf of Mexico to New England — has one of the highest […]

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Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

Leftist Jordanians protest expected gas deal with Israel

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of protesters marched in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday to denounce a gas deal with Israel that is expected […]

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Iran
 Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

Iran Honors Its Fallen Jewish Soldiers

By Frud Bezhan | (RFE/RL) | — Iran is well-known for its stinging anti-Israeli rhetoric and refusal to recognize what it calls the “Zionist regime.” […]

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Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

Palestinians Under Threat In Jerusalem

AJ+ | — “With tensions rising in Jerusalem, hate crimes against Palestinians have increased in recent months. Mohammed lost his cousin to one such incident […]

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Israel
"Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel" - Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

“Palestinian State Essential to a Democratic Israel” – Frmr Israeli President Shimon Peres

TeleSur | — “In France, former Israeli President Shimon Peres said that a Palestinian State is necessary in order to have a democratic Jewish state. […]

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Israeli Squatter Fires on Palestinian Demonstrators near Bethlehem

Israeli Squatter Fires on Palestinian Demonstrators near Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians on Friday held a march against the Israeli occupation and settlement policies in the West Bank in the village […]

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Daesh/ ISIL close to Taking al-Anbar Province as Tribal Levies lack Ammunition, Funding, Unity

Daesh/ ISIL close to Taking al-Anbar Province as Tribal Levies lack Ammunition, Funding, Unity

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Last week, fighters from tribes in Anbar were forced to give up their hold on the […]

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