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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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One Small Step by a Trump into Nuclear Armageddon

One Small Step by a Trump into Nuclear Armageddon

By James Carroll | – (Tomdispatch.com) – It was only an announcement, but think of it as the beginning of a journey into hell. Last […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Christian Leaders Seek Repeal of Israel’s biased Jewish Nation Law

Christian Leaders Seek Repeal of Israel’s biased Jewish Nation Law

Jerusalem (AFP) – Senior Catholic clerics in Jerusalem called Sunday for Israel to repeal a controversial law giving Jews a “unique” right to self-determination in […]

AFP

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Dissident Saudi Khashoggi’s Body Was Dismembered, Dissolved in Acid: Report

Dissident Saudi Khashoggi’s Body Was Dismembered, Dissolved in Acid: Report

Citing unnamed officials, the Turkish news report said that the suitcases were taken to the Saudi consul general’s house on the same day i.e. Oct. […]

TeleSur

Yemen
Yemen: Pro-Saudi and Pro-Sana’a Forces Battle at Hodeida as UN Warns of ‘Living Hell’

Yemen: Pro-Saudi and Pro-Sana’a Forces Battle at Hodeida as UN Warns of ‘Living Hell’

Hodeida (Yemen) (AFP) – Intensified fighting shook a key rebel-held port city on Yemen’s Red Sea coast on Sunday, leaving dozens dead as the United […]

AFP

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Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities

Hate can only be Cured by Love: Reflections on the Tree of Life and other Atrocities

Extremists are trying to polarize us and set us against one another. The only effective response is to refuse to be divided

Juan Cole

Iran
Trump’s Sweeping Iran Sanctions Target Oil Sales, Bank Transfers

Trump’s Sweeping Iran Sanctions Target Oil Sales, Bank Transfers

Washington (AFP) – Iran’s oil exports and financial transactions will be targeted under US sanctions that take force Monday, six months after President Donald Trump […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

Israel’s Netanyahu urges Saudis be Given a Pass for “Horrendous” Khashoggi Murder

“The larger problem I believe is Iran”

Middle East Monitor

Republican Party
Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

Will Red-State Voter Suppression Measures Defeat the Democrats?

Electoral rules at the state level effectively exclude many minority voters to the detriment of Democrats

AFP

Donald Trump
Top 5 Reasons Trump's Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Top 5 Reasons Trump’s Menacing Iran with Game of Thrones Tweet is Horrible

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With his seemingly infinite capacity for tone deafness, Trump tweeted on Friday an HBO-style movie poster of himself with the […]

Juan Cole

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