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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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Climate Change already turning China Wetlands into Dust

Climate Change already turning China Wetlands into Dust

Euronews | — “Former wetlands in north-west China (Gansu province) have been sucked dry as the climate has changed. It is a stark warning that […]

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Barack Obama
Right-Wing Media vs. Reagan On Immigration - How GOP lost the Script

Right-Wing Media vs. Reagan On Immigration – How GOP lost the Script

Media Matters 4 America | — Right-Wing Media vs. Reagan On Immigration mediamatters4america

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Iran
Two Different American Futures:  With an Iran Deal & Without

Two Different American Futures: With an Iran Deal & Without

By Charles Recknagel (RFE/ RL) As the six world powers and Tehran try to reach a deal in Vienna, there is more at stake than […]

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Barack Obama
Top 5 Ways Obama Punked the GOP on Immigration; and the 2016 Campaign

Top 5 Ways Obama Punked the GOP on Immigration; and the 2016 Campaign

By Juan Cole | — The 2016 presidential election will be very different from the 2014 congressional midterms just held. In the off years, turnout […]

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Apartheid
Another Domino Falls:  Spanish Parliament votes to Recognize Palestine

Another Domino Falls: Spanish Parliament votes to Recognize Palestine

Euronews: “Spanish MPs have urged their government to recognise the Palestinian state. The a non-binding resolution presented by the socialists won the backing of all […]

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Iran
In Iran, US Choice is a Negotiated Peace Now or the Risk of War

In Iran, US Choice is a Negotiated Peace Now or the Risk of War

By Carlyn Meyer In 2012, Israeli PM Netanyahu stood before the UN General Assembly with a cartoon representation of an “Iranian bomb.” It was filled […]

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astronomy and outer space
How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth's Atmosphere (NASA)

How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth’s Atmosphere (NASA)

NASA Goddard | — “An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around […]

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Climate Change
How German TV covers climate change: interviews scientist respectfully, disses denialist Politicians

How German TV covers climate change: interviews scientist respectfully, disses denialist Politicians

DW | — “We are joined by Martin Cames who heads the Energy and Climate Division at the Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin. He […]

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Egypt
The Historical Drivers of Modern Day Developments in Iraq (Cole Interview)

The Historical Drivers of Modern Day Developments in Iraq (Cole Interview)

By Juan Cole, interviewed by Bassam Haddad | — Bassam Haddad, a prominent Syria specialist at George Mason University, interviewed me this fall for the […]

Juan Cole

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