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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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Pope:  Manuel II’s Views Of Muhammad Are Not my Own

Pope: Manuel II’s Views Of Muhammad Are Not my Own

Pope: Manuel II’s Views of Muhammad are not My Own Muslim Brotherhood Optimistic about end of Crisis Pope Benedict said on Sunday that the quote […]

Juan Cole

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Scholl Guest Editorial Response To

Scholl Guest Editorial Response To

Scholl Guest Editorial: Response to Amis Response to Amis Steven Scholl ‘In his Sept 10 op-ed piece for The Observer, Martin Amis provides what is […]

Juan Cole

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48 Bodies Found In Baghdad Us

48 Bodies Found In Baghdad Us

48 Bodies found in Baghdad US Officials Impatient with Maliki Paul Richter of the Los Angeles Times discusses the frustrations of American officials in Baghdad […]

Juan Cole

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Popes Non Apology Pope Stopped Short

Popes Non Apology Pope Stopped Short

The Pope’s non-Apology The Pope stopped short of an apology on Saturday. He did say he was sorry that Muslims took offense to his quotation […]

Juan Cole

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Popes Trip To Turkey In Doubt Protests

Popes Trip To Turkey In Doubt Protests

Pope’s Trip to Turkey in Doubt Protests Grow Turkish officials are becoming skittish about Pope Benedict XVI’s planned November trip to Turkey, an almost entirely […]

Juan Cole

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50 Bodies Found Baghdad Ditch Called

50 Bodies Found Baghdad Ditch Called

50 Bodies Found Baghdad Ditch called Impractical Brain injuries are the signature debility of wounded Iraq War vets. Reuters reports civil war violence in Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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Clemons On Bolton Steve Clemons At

Clemons On Bolton Steve Clemons At

Clemons on Bolton Steve Clemons at the Washington Note predicted two days ago that the Bolton nomination was dead, given Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee’s opposition. […]

Juan Cole

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5 Us Troops Killed 25 Injured Suicide

5 Us Troops Killed 25 Injured Suicide

5 US Troops Killed, 25 Injured A suicide bomber in Baghdad killed 2 US troops and wounded 25, 3 of them seriously. 16 were hospitalized […]

Juan Cole

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Pope Gets It Wrong On Islam

Pope Gets It Wrong On Islam

Pope Gets it Wrong on Islam Pope Benedict’s speech at Regensburg University, which mentioned Islam and jihad, has provoked a firestorm of controversy. The address […]

Juan Cole

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