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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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Florida ends Vestige of Jim Crow, Restores Vote to 1.5 mn ex-Prisoners

Florida ends Vestige of Jim Crow, Restores Vote to 1.5 mn ex-Prisoners

The old law disproportionately affected blacks and Latinos in particular

AFP

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Trump won’t sanction India’s Chabahar Port in Iran, to Help Afghanistan

Trump won’t sanction India’s Chabahar Port in Iran, to Help Afghanistan

“This exception relates to reconstruction assistance and economic development for Afghanistan.”

AFP

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That Time Hannity Campaigned with Trump v. Dems & Called Press ‘Fake’

That Time Hannity Campaigned with Trump v. Dems & Called Press ‘Fake’

Fox News admitted Tuesday it was a mistake

AFP

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Your Health, Social Security, and Safety Depend on Voting Democratic Today

Your Health, Social Security, and Safety Depend on Voting Democratic Today

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today’s midterm elections are among the more fateful in recent American history, quite simply because there is a madman in […]

Juan Cole

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In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

In the first move of its kind, a UK university has divested from companies that supply military equipment to the Israeli army following a student […]

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israel delivers Demolition Notices to School, 3 Structures in Hebron

Israel delivers Demolition Notices to School, 3 Structures in Hebron

HEBRON (Ma’an) — The Israeli authorities delivered demolition notices to one school and three housing structures in the Masafer Yatta area in the south Hebron […]

Maan News Agency

Iran
Turkey Warns US that Trump’s New Iran Sanctions are “Dangerous”

Turkey Warns US that Trump’s New Iran Sanctions are “Dangerous”

Tokyo (AFP) – Turkey has warned Washington against its new sanctions on Iran, saying isolating the Islamic Republic is “dangerous”, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu […]

AFP

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NBC, Facebook and even Fox finally Pull Trump’s Racist Campaign Ad

NBC, Facebook and even Fox finally Pull Trump’s Racist Campaign Ad

New York (AFP) – Fox News, NBC and Facebook have pulled a Trump campaign ad branded racist, which equates a convicted Mexican murderer with Central […]

AFP

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As World warns of WW I-Style Nationalisms, Top 5 Nations Trump Demonizes

As World warns of WW I-Style Nationalisms, Top 5 Nations Trump Demonizes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned, as Europe prepares to commemorate the end of World War I a century ago on […]

Juan Cole

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