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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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As Sunni MPs Plea for Precision US Strikes, Iraqi Gov't Kills 31 in School Shelter

As Sunni MPs Plea for Precision US Strikes, Iraqi Gov’t Kills 31 in School Shelter

Human Rights Watch (Erbil) – The Iraqi government should promptly investigate an airstrike that hit a school housing displaced people near Tikrit on September 1, […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Remember Pres. Obama Saying ISIL Campaign like Yemen?  Here's Yemen

Remember Pres. Obama Saying ISIL Campaign like Yemen? Here’s Yemen

Middle East Eye: “Houthis take to the streets to mourn the protesters killed during a sit-in at a government ministry last week, as their pro-government […]

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Egypt
Top 5 Contradictions in Obama's Emerging ISIL Strategy

Top 5 Contradictions in Obama’s Emerging ISIL Strategy

By Juan Cole In the past week, Secretary of State John Kerry has marshaled support of some sort from both European nations and from countries […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Climate Change:  Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)

Climate Change: Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)

The National: “Naomi Klein discusses her new book This Changes Everything, in which she says it’s time to stop counting on the politicians to save […]

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Egypt
Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?

Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?

By Charles Recknagel via RFE/RL As Washington vows to put together a broad coalition to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the outlines […]

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Domestic Terrorism
ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees

ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees

TheLipTV: “An ISIS group has threatened to assassinate Twitter employees who close down accounts linked to the extremist group. The group tweeted urging “lone wolves” […]

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Apartheid
The Gaza Siege is Passing from Media Memory but the Social Statistics are Still Terrifying

The Gaza Siege is Passing from Media Memory but the Social Statistics are Still Terrifying

AJ+ “It’s been a little over two weeks since the Gaza – Israel ceasefire. The United Nations has just released a report detailing what the […]

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Media, Politicians should stop Letting ISIL Manipulate them

Media, Politicians should stop Letting ISIL Manipulate them

By Juan Cole Ever since George W. Bush invaded Iraq and created the circumstances under which al-Qaeda could take root and flourish there from 2003 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
War or Counterterrorism?   John Kerry denies it is a War

War or Counterterrorism? John Kerry denies it is a War

By RFE/RL White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the United States is “at war with ISIL” on September 12, after Secretary of State John […]

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