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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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Syria: Trapped Women of besieged Homs decline evacuation, fearing for their Men

Syria: Trapped Women of besieged Homs decline evacuation, fearing for their Men

(Via Globalpost) Women and children fearing for male relatives refuse to leave Syria’s Homs (via GlobalPost) More than half of the 500 women and children […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
NSA sucks up Phone App data from Google Maps to Angry Birds

NSA sucks up Phone App data from Google Maps to Angry Birds

(By Andrea Germanos) As part of their arsenal of spying tools, the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the GCHQ, are sucking up personal […]

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Dissent
Edward Snowden Interview: NSA is Engaged in Industrial Espionage for Interests, not Security

Edward Snowden Interview: NSA is Engaged in Industrial Espionage for Interests, not Security

Via Liveleak: German Television does first Edward Snowden Interview

Juan Cole

Egypt
The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

The 18th Brumaire of Gen. al-Sisi in Egypt

(By Juan Cole) On Monday, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced that Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (also the minister of defense) […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

Using up Everything Fast: Extractive Capitalism, Sealing and Muslim Slaves in Latin America

(By Greg Grandin) The Two Faces of Empire Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them By Greg Grandin A captain ready to drive himself […]

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Asia
Is Iran Back?  Foreign Policy after the Nuclear Deal

Is Iran Back? Foreign Policy after the Nuclear Deal

(By Paul Rogers) Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with EU High Representative Catherine Ashton at the EU+3 and Iran talks, November 2013 Summary If Iran […]

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Climate Change
The Future of Cool:  Electric Muscle Cars at the Detroit Auto Show

The Future of Cool: Electric Muscle Cars at the Detroit Auto Show

(By Juan Cole) I dropped by the Detroit Auto Show this weekend (its last this year) at Cobo Center as it was wrapping up. Regular […]

Juan Cole

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Israeli PM Netanyahu faces Zionist Racism from Son dating Norwegian

Israeli PM Netanyahu faces Zionist Racism from Son dating Norwegian

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is caught in a firestorm of controversy because his son Yair, 23, is dating a Norwegian woman […]

Juan Cole

Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan has described Islamic Scholar Fethullah Gülen as a ‘false prophet’ without naming him, which comes as the latest move in the dispute […]

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