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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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BBC Demands Review After Cameraman Attacked when Trump Whips Mob into anti-Press Frenzy

BBC Demands Review After Cameraman Attacked when Trump Whips Mob into anti-Press Frenzy

his cameraman was pushed and shoved by the unidentified assailant “after the president repeatedly goaded the crowd over supposed media bias.”

AFP

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Israel orders 300 Palestinians to Leave own Homes in Tubas for Military Exercise

Israel orders 300 Palestinians to Leave own Homes in Tubas for Military Exercise

TUBAS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces ordered, on Tuesday, for 50 Palestinian families in the northern Jordan Valley to evacuate their homes on Wednesday to make […]

Maan News Agency

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Pentagon Fears Climate Crisis, w/ Billions in Damage to US Bases & Societal Upheaval

Pentagon Fears Climate Crisis, w/ Billions in Damage to US Bases & Societal Upheaval

Hurricane Michael last year wrecked Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, which will cost more than $5 billion to rebuild.

AFP

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Iran: 'If US attacks us, Tel Aviv is Toast;' Israel: 'You do that and Iran is Toast'

Iran: ‘If US attacks us, Tel Aviv is Toast;’ Israel: ‘You do that and Iran is Toast’

Both of these politicians are behaving like five year olds

Juan Cole

Qatar
Qatar outflanks Saudi Boycott again, Concludes Strategic Pact with France

Qatar outflanks Saudi Boycott again, Concludes Strategic Pact with France

“This platform will include cooperation in different areas between the two countries, including defence security”

AFP

Pollution
No Insects, No Food: Pesticides, Deforestation have Caused Largest Extinction Event since Die-off of Dinosaurs

No Insects, No Food: Pesticides, Deforestation have Caused Largest Extinction Event since Die-off of Dinosaurs

The recent collapse, for example, of many bird species in France was traced to the use insecticides

Marlowe Hood

Israel/ Palestine
Israel to Legalize West Bank Squatter Settlements Built on Private Palestinian Land

Israel to Legalize West Bank Squatter Settlements Built on Private Palestinian Land

It was discovered that several areas that were thought to have been state lands were never seized by Israel

Maan News Agency

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Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can't Bring up AIPAC

Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can’t Bring up AIPAC

It is important to underline that relatively few American Jews support the tenets of the Israel lobbies

Juan Cole

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"Women of Congress" (SNL Video)

“Women of Congress” (SNL Video)

First they were women, and then they were fed up women

Saturday Night Live

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