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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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Sadrists to Pull out of Cabinet 50 Killed in Spate of Bombings The six cabinet members belonging to the Sadr Movement in Nuri al-Maliki’s government […]

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289 Iraqis Killed Or Wounded In Day Of

289 Iraqis Killed or Wounded in Day of Rage Four Killed in Karbala Demonstration McClatchy estimates that 289 Iraqis were killed or wounded in political […]

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100 Dead in Bombings, Violence; Iraq, Kurdistan, traded Barbs After the bombings of a major bridge in Baghdad and the cafeteria of the parliament, guerrillas […]

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Parliament Bomber was Probably Bodyguard; Turkey Threatens to Invade Iraq; Wolfowitz Promotes Girlfriend The bombing of the cafeteria in the Iraqi parliament on Thursday was […]

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Breaking News: Iraqi Parliament Cafeteria Bombed A suicide bomber wearing a bomb vest managed to get into a cafeteria in the parliament building in the […]

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Thursday Morning In Baghdad Truck Bomb

Bridge Damaged, 9 dead in Truck Bombing; Sadrists, Sunni Accord Front threaten withdrawal from Iraqi Government; Dodd, Obama Critique McCain Thursday morning in Baghdad, a […]

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Caf Letter On Finkelstein Case

CAF Letter on the Finkelstein Case Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association, Letter on the Finkelstein Case: 10 April 2007 The Rev. Dennis […]

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