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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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IAEA Condemnation of Iran: An Omen of New Sanctions or a Symbolic Slap on the Wrist?

IAEA Condemnation of Iran: An Omen of New Sanctions or a Symbolic Slap on the Wrist?

The board of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday condemned Iran for secretly building a new nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo near […]

Juan Cole

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IAEA Resolution on Iran

IAEA Resolution on Iran

Text of the International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on Iran from the IAEA website. Derestricted 27 November 2009 (This document has been derestricted at the […]

Juan Cole

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IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize

IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize

IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times I was privileged to be at a conference […]

Juan Cole

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Taliban Talks Collapse; RIC Pressure on Obama to Stay Course; German Military Head Resigns over Qunduz Bombing

Taliban Talks Collapse; RIC Pressure on Obama to Stay Course; German Military Head Resigns over Qunduz Bombing

Proposed talks between the US and the Taliban, to be brokered by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, have broken down because the Taliban are unwilling to […]

Juan Cole

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Mullah Omar Rejects Talks with US, Demands Western Departure

Mullah Omar Rejects Talks with US, Demands Western Departure

The USG Open Source Center translates the statement of Mullah Omar, leader of the “Old Taliban” in Afghanistan, on the occasion of the Muslim Feast […]

Juan Cole

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‘The Geographic Gap’

‘The Geographic Gap’

'The Geographic Gap' | HUMNews Of 237 countries and territories in the world, the 4 largest newsgathering and distribution companies that supply the world with […]

Juan Cole

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The Thanksgiving of the Fantasticals A Day of Rule breaking, and Spontaneous Mirth

The Thanksgiving of the Fantasticals A Day of Rule breaking, and Spontaneous Mirth

When we used to do Thanksgiving as cross-dressing and insulting authority: Thanksgiving was a Northeastern regional commemoration until Abraham Lincoln promulgated it as a national […]

Juan Cole

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Town under Camel siege

Town under Camel siege

Town under siege: 6,000 camels to be shot – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) There are a million camels in Australia’s outback, and the camels […]

Juan Cole

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Training the Afghan army

Training the Afghan army

Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – opinion: Training the Afghan army —Brian Cloughley Brian Cloughley warned last September: ‘In Kabul last week, […]

Juan Cole

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