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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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Egypt
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Kerry in Cairo

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Kerry in Cairo

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cairo on Sunday in his first trip to Egypt since last spring, when Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad […]

Juan Cole

Drones
CIA Drone Kills Pakistan Taliban Leader on Eve of Peace talks with Islamabad

CIA Drone Kills Pakistan Taliban Leader on Eve of Peace talks with Islamabad

The CIA drone strike in North Waziristan yesterday killed 25 persons and targeted a high-level meeting of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP). […]

Juan Cole

Drones
"Disposition Matrix": America's Drone Wars and Civilian Casualties (Moyers)

“Disposition Matrix”: America’s Drone Wars and Civilian Casualties (Moyers)

Bill Moyers reports on America’s drone wars The blurb: “America’s Drone Wars November 1, 2013 This week, members of Congress heard testimony for the first […]

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Energy
Al Gore on the Oil, Gas and Coal Bubble: Investors Beware! (Queally)

Al Gore on the Oil, Gas and Coal Bubble: Investors Beware! (Queally)

John Queally writes at Commondreams.org Former U.S. Vice President turned climate campaigner Al Gore and his longtime business partner David Blood, a former Goldman Sachs […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Scrooge Republicans prefer Pentagon White Elephants to Food Stamps for Poor Children

Scrooge Republicans prefer Pentagon White Elephants to Food Stamps for Poor Children

As of today, Republican cuts in food stamp support present a challenged nearly 23 million American households in keeping their children from hunger. Some 76% […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Top Ten Reasons the US should Stay out of Iraq and put Conditions on Arms Sales

Top Ten Reasons the US should Stay out of Iraq and put Conditions on Arms Sales

The US invasion and occupation of Iraq 2003-2011 threw that country into civil war and long-term guerrilla insurgency. Once an insurgency begins, it often lasts […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Pakistani family testifies to empty room on Hill about US Drone that killed Granny

Pakistani family testifies to empty room on Hill about US Drone that killed Granny

Congressman Alan Grayson held a hearing on the Hill on Tuesday on civilian deaths in US drone strikes. A Pakistani family, the Ur Rahmans, testified […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Elites Stick together against Us:  Feinstein Slams NSA Merkel Tap

Elites Stick together against Us: Feinstein Slams NSA Merkel Tap

The Snowden revelations that the National Security Agency was scooping up hundreds of millions of American cell phone records that show who they call and […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Against Demonizing Syria’s Refugees (Seeley)

Against Demonizing Syria’s Refugees (Seeley)

Nicholas Seeley writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On a sunny fall afternoon, Abdullah joined me for lunch in the sitting room of […]

Juan Cole

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