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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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Sunni Arab Guerrillas Attacked Small Us

Cheney in Saudi Arabia 5 US Troops Killed, 3 Missing Iraqi Parliament Decries Walls Cheney is trying to convince King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia not […]

Juan Cole

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Jordanian Dailies On Cheneys Middle

Jordanian Dailies On Cheneys Middle

Jordanian Dailies on Cheney’s Middle East Trip The USG Open Source Center paraphrases reports in the Jordanian press on US Vice President Dick Cheney’s current […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sciri Adopts Sistani Emphasizes

Sciri Adopts Sistani Emphasizes

SCIRI Adopts Sistani, emphasizes Iraqiness Bombings kill 26, wound 60 The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq held its annual party convention on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Protest Over Detention Of Haleh

Protest Over Detention Of Haleh

Protest over Detention of Haleh Esfandiari The Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association helped craft MESA’s letter protesting the detention by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Congress Passes Short Lease Bill For

Congress Passes Short Lease Bill For

Congress Passes Short-Leash Bill for Bush 9 Iraqi captives executed Congress passed an appropriations bill that only funded the Iraq War for about three months […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Radical Poem On Sharm El Sheikh Usg

Radical Poem On Sharm El Sheikh Usg

Radical Poem on Sharm el Sheikh The USG Open Source center has paraphrased an ironic poem by a Muslim militant about the Sharm el Sheikh […]

Juan Cole

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Those Who Live In Glass Houses Is Mitt

Those Who Live In Glass Houses Is Mitt

Those who Live in Glass Houses Were Mitt Romney’s Remarks Anti-Muslim Bigotry? Mitt Romney has attacked Al Sharpton’s remark about his being defeated by those […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Cheney Greeted By Mortars

Cheney Greeted By Mortars

Cheney Greeted by Mortars, Demonstrations: Iraqi Parliament pleads for US withdrawal Al-Hayat writes in Arabic that US Vice President Dick Cheney was greeted, on his […]

Juan Cole

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Kurdish Offered At University Of

Kurdish Offered At University Of

Kurdish Offered at the University of Michigan Pardon the narrowcasting– this is a message primarily for University of Michigan students, who should please share it […]

Juan Cole

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