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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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Mearsheimer And Walt Reply Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer And Walt Reply Mearsheimer

Mearsheimer and Walt Reply Mearsheimer and Walt reply to criticisms of their paper, “The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy.” We’re still accepting signatures of […]

Juan Cole

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Apologizing For Ahmadinejad Assume

Apologizing For Ahmadinejad Assume

Apologizing for Ahmadinejad “Assume that the Iranians are within measurable distance of nuclear status. Appearances sometimes to the contrary, they are not mad—or not clinically […]

Juan Cole

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Basra Explodes In Shiite Rage

Basra Explodes In Shiite Rage

Basra Explodes in Shiite Rage Unidentified guerrillas shot down a British Lynx helicopter in Basra on Saturday, killing 5 UK servicemen. The helicopter fell on […]

Juan Cole

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10 Troops Killed In Afghanistan Crash

10 Troops Killed In Afghanistan Crash

10 Troops Killed in Afghanistan Crash An American helicopter crashed on Saturday in Afghanistan, killing 10.

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis 15 Iraqis Dead

Guerrillas Kill 3 Gis 15 Iraqis Dead

Guerrillas Kill 3 GIs 15 Iraqis Dead in Violence Muqtada Emerging as Kingmaker Guerrillas killed 3 GIs in Babil province south of Baghdad on Friday. […]

Juan Cole

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Hekmatyar Goes Al Qaeda Kabul Bomb

Hekmatyar Goes Al Qaeda Kabul Bomb

Hekmatyar goes Al-Qaeda Kabul Bomb Kills Italians Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the radical Islamist guerrilla fighter, has pledged his allegiance to Usamah Bin Laden. Back in the […]

Juan Cole

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Hitchens Affair Little Satire On

Hitchens Affair Little Satire On

Hitchens Affair A little satire on the Hitchens affair. and . . . Sadly no!

Juan Cole

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Coleweisberg Correspondence On

Coleweisberg Correspondence On

Cole/Weisberg Correspondence on Hitchens With Mr. Weisberg’s permission, I am posting our correspondence on the Hitchens hatchet job on me in Slate earlier this week. […]

Juan Cole

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28 Dead Over 50 Wounded In Bombings

28 Dead Over 50 Wounded In Bombings

28 Dead, over 50 Wounded in Bombings, Assassinations Shiites Keep Interior? At least 28 persons were killed in the Iraqi civil war on Thursday. Another […]

Juan Cole

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