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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
Obama demands Regime Change in Syria

Obama demands Regime Change in Syria

President Obama, along with the European Union, called on Thursday for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to step down. At the same time, the US announced […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Is Qaddafi Really going to Flee to Tunisia?

Is Qaddafi Really going to Flee to Tunisia?

NBC News is reporting that US intelligence officials are telling it that Muammar Qaddafi is considering fleeing into exile in neighboring Tunisia. This in the […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Top Ten Reasons Radical Jihadis shouldn’t have Threatened David Letterman

Top Ten Reasons Radical Jihadis shouldn’t have Threatened David Letterman

Top Ten Reasons Radical Jihadis shouldn’t have Threatened David Letterman 10. David is The Man 9. You really don’t want David relentlessly making fun of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Campbell: Egypt’s Spring Becomes a Long Hot Summer

Campbell: Egypt’s Spring Becomes a Long Hot Summer

Dennis Campbell writes in a guest column for Informed Comment : Egypt’s Spring Becomes a Long Hot Summer Democracy is messy. Freedom is contagious. For […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi Explores Routes to Flee Libya as Rebels Advance

Qaddafi Explores Routes to Flee Libya as Rebels Advance

Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi is ill and is seeking a way to flee the country, according to the Arabic news site Albawaba.com. This report is […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Historical Question for Governor Perry

Historical Question for Governor Perry

Dear Rick Perry: I am a historian and if you will indulge me, I’d just like to ask you a question about historical parallels. So […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Tripoli Surrounded, Cut Off

Tripoli Surrounded, Cut Off

Aljazeera Arabic is reporting directly from Zawiya (to the west of Tripoli along the Mediterranean), where Free Libya forces have liberated some 80 percent of […]

Juan Cole

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President Bachmann as Mideast Prophet: Cole/ Truthdig

President Bachmann as Mideast Prophet: Cole/ Truthdig

My column in Truthdig is now out, “President Bachmann: Another Mideast Messiah” Excerpt: “Bachmann recently alleged that Iran had been “delivered a nuclear warhead” (this […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Bombings unlikely to Change Minds on US Troop Withdrawal

Iraq Bombings unlikely to Change Minds on US Troop Withdrawal

Some 80 people were killed and over two hundred wounded on Monday in a clearly coordinated set of bombings and attacks in 17 Iraqi cities. […]

Juan Cole

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