The ‘Super-Sparta’ Trap
Two September 2025 speeches reveal the fundamental contradictions in America’s Israel alliance
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On 15 September 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered what Israeli media dubbed his “Super-Sparta” speech.
Israel, he said, faced “isolation” and would need to develop “an economy with autarkic characteristics” – a self-reliance severed from g…
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