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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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UAE
United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

United Arab Emirates Prince Targeted by Lawsuits over Yemen Atrocities

Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led intervention began

AFP

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Gov’t: Crown Prince a ‘Red Line’ in Khashoggi Murder Probe

Saudi Gov’t: Crown Prince a ‘Red Line’ in Khashoggi Murder Probe

Calls for the crown prince to be held accountable for the grisly killing of Jamal Khashoggi ‘would not be tolerated.’

AFP

Climate Change
On Thanksgiving, We must confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs

On Thanksgiving, We must confront our Climate Emergency as the Pilgrims did Theirs

Revised for 2018 By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

John Roberts, SCOTUS Chief Justice, Slams Trump in Extraordinary Rebuke

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges”

AFP

UAE
United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

United Arab Emirates Court Sentences British Student to Life for Espionage

by Mohamad Ali Harissi Dubai (AFP) – A United Arab Emirates court sentenced British student Matthew Hedges to life in jail on spying charges on […]

AFP

Yemen
Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

Saudi-Led War on Yemen has Killed 85,000 Children

The United Nations (UN) warned that around 14 million Yemenis were “on the brink of a famine.”

Middle East Monitor

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Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince

Top five ways Trump put America Last with Whitewash of Saudi Prince

Trump has dishonored the Constitution.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS

Israel has Jailed 900 Palestinian Children since Start of 2018: PPS

Children are usually detained in the middle of the night from their family homes, often severely beaten, and threatened

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

He Really did intend to Lock Her Up: Trump went after Clinton and Comey

McGahn, who has since left the White House, advised Trump that he could face the risk of impeachment if he took such a measure

AFP

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