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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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Iraq War 3.0?  What could possibly Go Wrong?

Iraq War 3.0? What could possibly Go Wrong?

By Peter Van Buren (Tomdispatch.com) Karl von Clausewitz, the famed Prussian military thinker, is best known for his aphorism “War is the continuation of state […]

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Bush
ISIL Grew out of Bush's Destruction of Iraq's Socialist Economy

ISIL Grew out of Bush’s Destruction of Iraq’s Socialist Economy

By Noah Bassil via The Conversation To explain the disaster befalling Iraq, as well as the rise of Islamic State (IS), you have to go […]

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Israel
In Creeping Annexaton, Israel Plots to Apply Israeli Law in Palestinian West Bank

In Creeping Annexaton, Israel Plots to Apply Israeli Law in Palestinian West Bank

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian official Nabil Shaath said Sunday that a proposed Knesset bill to apply Israeli laws to West Bank settlements was dangerous and […]

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Ferguson & Israel?  Netanyahu Calls for Stripping Palestinian-Israelis of Citizenship

Ferguson & Israel? Netanyahu Calls for Stripping Palestinian-Israelis of Citizenship

By Juan Cole On Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he was looking into whether Israel could strip citizenship from those who speak out […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It

Israeli PM Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It

An anonymous U.S. official caused a dustup when he called the Israeli prime minister "chickenshit." Others might have said worse. By Adil E. Shamoo and […]

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European Union
EU Foreign Affairs Head:  A Palestinian State or Endless Conflict

EU Foreign Affairs Head: A Palestinian State or Endless Conflict

Frederica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs in the Juncker Commission, is a former Foreign Minister of Italy and a member of […]

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Palestinians Break open Illegal Apartheid Wall to Commemorate Fall of Berlin Wall

Palestinians Break open Illegal Apartheid Wall to Commemorate Fall of Berlin Wall

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian activists affiliated with local popular resistance committees in the villages northwest of Jerusalem on Saturday broke open a hole in the […]

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Why it Isn't that Important Whether ISIL Leader was Killed

Why it Isn’t that Important Whether ISIL Leader was Killed

By Juan Cole Revised 11/10 Rumors are swirling that ISIL leader Ibrahim al-Samarra’i (who goes by the nom de guerre of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) was […]

Juan Cole

Israel
O Little Town of Bethlehem - In Revolt against Israeli Aggression

O Little Town of Bethlehem – In Revolt against Israeli Aggression

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Clashes erupted in a number of villages across the Bethlehem region of the southern West Bank on Friday after Israeli forces attempted […]

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