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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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Chomsky: Occupation, Gaza ‘Concentration Camp’ turning Israel Fascist

Chomsky: Occupation, Gaza ‘Concentration Camp’ turning Israel Fascist

‘Keeping a Jackboot on people’s necks’

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Lieberman Quits over PM refusal to War on Gaza, Gov’t Totters

Israel: Lieberman Quits over PM refusal to War on Gaza, Gov’t Totters

By Jonah Mandel | – Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday and called for early elections after a […]

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Trump's Visa Ban, Rhetoric Scare off Foreign Students, Threatening 450K Jobs

Trump’s Visa Ban, Rhetoric Scare off Foreign Students, Threatening 450K Jobs

Educating students from abroad is a $42 bn industry in the US

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

Khashoggi killing: Strongest evidence linking murder to MBS

A message captured in the audio record of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi is widely believed to be an instruction to notify the Crown Prince […]

Middle East Monitor

racism
Hate Crimes skyrocket for Third Consecutive Year: FBI

Hate Crimes skyrocket for Third Consecutive Year: FBI

FBI crime statistics show a surge in hate crimes the day after President Donald Trump’s election in 2016

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Donald Trump
Trump Lashes out at France’s Macron over ‘Nationalism’ as Bromance Dies

Trump Lashes out at France’s Macron over ‘Nationalism’ as Bromance Dies

“Stop tweeting! America needs some friends” – John Kerry

AFP

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Remembering Stan Lee

Remembering Stan Lee

“There is only One in the universe who is All-Powerful, and his only weapon is . . . Love.”

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza kill 4, destroy TV Station, as Rockets kill 1 in Israel

Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza kill 4, destroy TV Station, as Rockets kill 1 in Israel

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said two of those killed were its members and the third was from Islamic Jihad’s armed wing

AFP

Muslim-Americans
The 'Blue Wave' Was Also a 'Muslim Wave'

The ‘Blue Wave’ Was Also a ‘Muslim Wave’

( Otherwords.org) – In the most Islamophobic election in history, Muslim candidates scored big wins by embracing progressive policies. By Domenica Ghanem | November 7, […]

Domenica Ghanem

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