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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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Education, Health, and Global Warming:  Top 5 Reasons 45% of Scots Wanted to Leave the Right Wing UK

Education, Health, and Global Warming: Top 5 Reasons 45% of Scots Wanted to Leave the Right Wing UK

by Juan Cole The US media coverage of the Scottish referendum is oddly lacking in any reference to actual politics. As usual, the corporate media […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Will Independence Harm Scotland's Green Advantage?

Will Independence Harm Scotland’s Green Advantage?

(Bloomberg) –- Renewable energy is found in abundance in Scotland; nearly half of the country’s electricity comes from green sources. But will an independent Scotland […]

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Iran
Coalition Of One: Iran Leads Own Fight Against Islamic State

Coalition Of One: Iran Leads Own Fight Against Islamic State

By Charles Recknagel, RFE/RL The United States is putting together the first international coalition to try to roll back the Islamic State (IS) militants in […]

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Apartheid
A Way out of the Gaza Trap

A Way out of the Gaza Trap

By Jean-Pierre Filiu, author of Gaza: A History One person has been enjoying every minute of this summer’s fifty-day war on Gaza. He was known […]

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censorship
Is Israel's Far-Right Government Inciting against the Israeli Left?

Is Israel’s Far-Right Government Inciting against the Israeli Left?

Middle East Eye Leftist Israeli activists staged weekly protests during the war in Gaza and they were confronted by rightwing protesters that shouted racial slurs […]

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Shiite Militias of Iraq Reject US Return, Threaten to Attack US Forces

Shiite Militias of Iraq Reject US Return, Threaten to Attack US Forces

By Juan Cole The pan-Arab, London-based daily, “Al-Sharq al-Awsat” (The Middle East) reports that the major Shiite militias of Iraq are denouncing Prime Minister Haydar […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Next Conflict in Iraq?  Will the Kurds try to Annex Kirkuk Permanently?

The Next Conflict in Iraq? Will the Kurds try to Annex Kirkuk Permanently?

By Nawzat Shamdeen | Berlin | via Niqash.org What will happen to Iraq’s “disputed territories” once Sunni Muslim extremists have been driven out? Will the […]

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journalism
CBS Unjustly Punishes Rihanna For Ray Rice Controversy

CBS Unjustly Punishes Rihanna For Ray Rice Controversy

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks “CBS Sports pulled Rihanna’s intro to Thursday night’s NFL game between the Ravens and the Steelers following the release […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Gulliver and the Lilliputians:  It's America's Small Wars that are Unwinnable

Gulliver and the Lilliputians: It’s America’s Small Wars that are Unwinnable

By Tom Engelhardt It’s possible I’ve lived most of my life on the wrong planet — and if that sounds like the first sentence of […]

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