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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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Very Basic Suggested Reading List On

Very Basic Suggested Reading List on Middle East* Berkey, Jonathan P. The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge […]

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Iraqi Vice President Accuses High

Iraqi Vice President Accuses High Official The Shiite Vice President, Adil Abdul Mahdi of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, has accused a […]

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4 Us Gis Killed Army Of Heaven Cult

4 Us Gis Killed Army Of Heaven Cult

4 US GIs killed Army of Heaven Cult Arrested A suicide bomber killed 7 in Mosul and wounded 28 at a police station. Reuters reports […]

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Suicide Bomber Kills 20 At Bagram With

Suicide Bomber Kills 20 at Bagram with Cheney inside A suicide bomber killed 18-20 persons at the entrance to Bagram Base in Kabul while US […]

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Public Works Minister Seriously Wounded

Public Works Minister Seriously Wounded Vice President Abdul Mahdi narrowly Escapes Assassination New Oil Law Passes Cabinet Sunni Arab guerrillas attempted on Monday to assassinate […]

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Al Gore Global Warming Oscars And Iraq

Al Gore Global Warming Oscars And Iraq

Al Gore, Global Warming, the Oscars and the Iraq War That the Al Gore film “An Inconvenient Truth” was legitimized by an Oscar Sunday night […]

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University Bombing Casts Doubt On

University Bombing Casts Doubt on Security Plan Muqtada Calls on Iraqi Army to Act without US Help A suicide bomber with a bomb belt got […]

Juan Cole

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American Jews Blacks Fiercest Opponents

American Jews Blacks Fiercest Opponents

American Jews, Blacks, Fiercest Opponents of Iraq War 77% of American Jews oppose the Iraq war, according to a new Gallup poll. Only Black Protestants […]

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Barratt British Troops Not Withdrawing

Barratt British Troops Not Withdrawing

Barratt: British Troops Not Withdrawing, being Redeployed to Afghanistan Keith Barratt writes: “I should like to correct a myth that has been accepted by much […]

Juan Cole

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