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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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Nuke expert: Iran a decade from bomb, but PM playing politics

Nuke expert: Iran a decade from bomb, but PM playing politics

Former head of Israeli Atomic Energy Commission Uzi Eilam says Tehran may not even want nuke, but Netanyahu working public into lather for political gain

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Africa
Boko Haram attack kills hundreds as Nigeria offers reward for girls

Boko Haram attack kills hundreds as Nigeria offers reward for girls

Boko Haram attack kills hundreds as Nigeria offers reward for girls (via AFP) A new Boko Haram massacre has killed hundreds in Nigeria’s northeast, a […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Change in the U.S. in 8 Frightening Charts

Climate Change in the U.S. in 8 Frightening Charts

By Brian Kahn Follow @blkahn The newly released National Climate Assessment spans 30 chapters with thousands of references on how climate change is impacting the U.S. The report took more than 300 scientists and 4 years to prepare, including addressing…

Juan Cole

American Jews
Muslim-haters Pam Geller & J. Farah Attack Spielberg, Liberal Jews as Appeasers

Muslim-haters Pam Geller & J. Farah Attack Spielberg, Liberal Jews as Appeasers

This liberal Jew is disgusted by the constant comparisons of Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, of 2014 America to pre-Nazi Germany, and now, of liberal Jews to Nazi appeasers. Muslim-basher Pam Geller is outraged that Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation…

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Emails suggest Google and the NSA are closer than we knew

Emails suggest Google and the NSA are closer than we knew

reputation has been shaken by evidence to suggest its relationship with the US National Security Agency (NSA) is cosier than anyone thought. If emails obtained by Al Jazeera are to be believed, relations between Google chairman Eric Schmidt and NSA…

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Is Fall of Homs a turning point in Regime's Quest to Retake Syria?

Is Fall of Homs a turning point in Regime’s Quest to Retake Syria?

(By Juan Cole) The Governor of Homs Province, Talal al-Barazi said Wednesday that 80 percent of the rebel fighters in that city have now been […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians

Israeli Pres. Peres: Netanyahu blocked 2011 Peace Deal with Palestinians

Israel’s Peres says Netanyahu blocked 2011 peace deal (via AFP) Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a 2011 peace […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Rep. Paul Ryan targets Poor as his “Signature Issue”, and I do Mean Targets (Cartoon)

Rep. Paul Ryan targets Poor as his “Signature Issue”, and I do Mean Targets (Cartoon)

By Paul Jamiol, from Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Rep. Louie Gohmert: Constitution only fit for Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert: Constitution only fit for Americans who ‘cling to God and guns’

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) recently asserted that the U.S. Constitution only applied to people “who cling to their God and their guns.” Speaking at a rally in Iowa for Republican Senate candidate Sam Clovis on Friday, Gohmert recalled that he had…

Juan Cole

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