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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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Monsters on Television

Monsters on Television

Paul Krugman, among my favorite political commentators, has spoken forthrightly of how during the past few years we have had “monsters” in office, naming Tom […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai: President Obama, Stop this Bombing

Karzai: President Obama, Stop this Bombing

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on president-elect Barack Obama to reverse the increasing US and NATO dependence on air strikes to combat anti-government guerrillas. The […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistan on Obama: Hope and Trepidation

Pakistan on Obama: Hope and Trepidation

Pakistan’s president, Asaf Ali Zardari, and its prime minister Sayyid Raza Yusuf Gilani, gave a warm welcome to Barack Obama as US president. They recently […]

Juan Cole

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Celebrating in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Celebrating in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arborites celebrated Obama’s victory into the wee hours on Nov. 4-5.

Juan Cole

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Natalie Portman on Wars

Natalie Portman on Wars

Padme Amidala makes a statement.

Juan Cole

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The Ordinariness of Revolution

The Ordinariness of Revolution

Nabil Al-Tikriti writes in a guest op-ed for IC: All day they came. And came. On this overcast Tuesday wave after wave of “real Americans” […]

Juan Cole

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Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Wouldn’t It Be Nice?

Wouldn’t it be nice if Jack, Martin, Bobby, Cesar and Patsy could have been around to see it?

Juan Cole

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"Everybody with Obama" in Middle East; Afghanistan, Iraq Challenges to Confront new President

"Everybody with Obama" in Middle East; Afghanistan, Iraq Challenges to Confront new President

Mark MacKinnon writes that everybody in the Middle East is with Obama: ‘There’s yearning across the Middle East – at least outside of Israel and […]

Juan Cole

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The Ghoul’s Glossary: the 2008 Election

The Ghoul’s Glossary: the 2008 Election

Alaska: The only one of the 50 states where secessionists are considered American patriots rather than traitors. Catholic working class: Synonym for “feminist.” Communist: 1. […]

Juan Cole

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