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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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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four Israelis earlier in the day. Abbas’ […]

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Iran
 Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It

Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It

By Robert E. Hunter WASHINGTON, Nov 18 2014 (IPS) – Nov. 24 is the deadline for six world powers and Iran to reach a final […]

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Climate Change
Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster

Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster

By Michael T. Klare (Tomdispatch.com) Pop the champagne corks in Washington!  It’s party time for Big Energy.  In the wake of the midterm elections, Republican […]

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Humor
American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)

American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)

Paul Jamiol | — via Jamiol’s World

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Christianity
Pope Francis's Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies

Pope Francis’s Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies

By Ali Murat Yel The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Turkey on 3-day official visit from November 28 to 30. However, the […]

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3rd Possibility:  Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

3rd Possibility: Coming Civil War in West Bank/ Jerusalem?

By Juan Cole | — Observers of the evolution of the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians have long argued that there are only two […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats

Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats

Fearing IS, Palestinian families leave Mosul for Iraqi Kurdistan | — RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — About 120 Palestinian families have emigrated from Mosul in northern Iraq […]

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Economy
Child Homelessness rising in US -- Red States wonder why they're the Worst

Child Homelessness rising in US — Red States wonder why they’re the Worst

ABC 15, AZ | — “Arizona ranks as one of the worst states for homeless children.” ABC 15 Arizona: “Increase in homeless children in the […]

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Iran
Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?

By Hamid Zangeneh | — We have a few days left to the final deadline (Nov. 24 target date) for this round of negotiations between […]

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