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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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Dubai to Build the World's Largest Airport

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TheLipTV “Dubai is planning to build the world’s largest airport as part of a $32B expansion. The project is expected to be long and expensive, […]

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Israeli forces begin home demolitions in Bedouin village near Jerusalem

Israeli forces begin home demolitions in Bedouin village near Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces raided a number of Bedouin communities east of Jerusalem on Thursday days after handing them demolition and evacuation orders, a […]

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Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign

Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Iran had a role to play in a global coalition to tackle ISIS militants, as France […]

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 'We're on edge of large war in MidEast' - Daniel Ellsberg

‘We’re on edge of large war in MidEast’ – Daniel Ellsberg

RT: “With Washington wading into another war in the Middle East, one iconic US whistleblower says Americans are being kept in the dark about the […]

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Changing US-Iran Relations:  Kerry:  Iran has a Role in Defeating ISIL Militants

Changing US-Iran Relations: Kerry: Iran has a Role in Defeating ISIL Militants

by Juan Cole Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Iran has a role to play in defeating ISIL. Addressing a meeting of […]

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 The Saddest Story In Mosul: Love In The Time Of The Caliphate

The Saddest Story In Mosul: Love In The Time Of The Caliphate

By Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | via Niqash.org All Mosul women must now wear either black or white niqab. A young Mosul man tells NIQASH […]

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Iraq
How does this End?  35 Military Interventions since 1980 and Terrorism Grows

How does this End? 35 Military Interventions since 1980 and Terrorism Grows

Brave New Films: “Since 1980, we have militarily intervened at least 35 times in more than 27 countries. We keep bombing, we continue spending trillions […]

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Iraq
Terrorism craves an audience and we are playing into Islamic State's hands by watching

Terrorism craves an audience and we are playing into Islamic State’s hands by watching

By Akil N Awan, Royal Holloway The well-known US security expert, Brian Jenkins, famously declared in 1974, that “terrorism is theatre”. And over the last […]

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Running out of Time to overrule the 1% on urgent Climate Action

Running out of Time to overrule the 1% on urgent Climate Action

By Rebecca Solnit via Tomdispatch.com There have undoubtedly been stable periods in human history, but you and your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents never lived through […]

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