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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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Israel advances Bill Tying Cultural Funding to ‘Loyalty’

Israel advances Bill Tying Cultural Funding to ‘Loyalty’

Jerusalem (AFP) – A ministerial committee in Israel’s parliament voted Sunday to advance a bill that would cut subsidies to cultural organisations accused of not […]

AFP

Addiction
Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us

Socialism is Healthy: US Barracuda Capitalism is Literally Killing us

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US has fallen off a cliff on global health statistics, plummeting an unprecedented 21 places in the world index. […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Is Putin using Syria Conflict to detach Turkey from NATO?

Is Putin using Syria Conflict to detach Turkey from NATO?

By Mustafa Demi | – Turkey, Russia and Iran have actively involved themselves in the Syrian conflict, each with their own divergent interests. Moscow and […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
World Outraged, Incredulous at Saudi Account of Khashoggi’s Murder

World Outraged, Incredulous at Saudi Account of Khashoggi’s Murder

Turkish officials have accused Riyadh of carrying out a state-sponsored killing and dismembering the body

AFP

Saudi Arabia
For Congress,Saudi Arabia’s offing Khashoggi it isn’t Terrorism; Imagine if it were Iran

For Congress,Saudi Arabia’s offing Khashoggi it isn’t Terrorism; Imagine if it were Iran

Istanbul (48hills.org) – In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador […]

Reese Erlich

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Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Top Five Ways Trump Enabled MBS Murder of Journalist Khashoggi

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump said Friday that he finds “credible” the bald-faced and ridiculous lies the Saudi government came up with to explain […]

Juan Cole

Voter suppression
GOP Candidate Kemp Purges 107,000 Voters from Georgia Rolls on Eve of Midterms

GOP Candidate Kemp Purges 107,000 Voters from Georgia Rolls on Eve of Midterms

(TeleSur) – Georgia’s voting laws have come under scrutiny in the hotly contested race for governor. Georgia officials have expunged 107,000 people from voter registration […]

TeleSur

Israel/ Palestine
In BDS win, Israeli High Court allows US Student to Study in Israel despite “Boycott Activity”

In BDS win, Israeli High Court allows US Student to Study in Israel despite “Boycott Activity”

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that American student, Lara al-Qassem, will be allowed to remain and study in Israel, overturning a lower […]

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine
Amnesty Int’l Alarmed Israel going from Sniping unarmed Protesters to ‘Zero Tolerance’

Amnesty Int’l Alarmed Israel going from Sniping unarmed Protesters to ‘Zero Tolerance’

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International (AI) said, on Friday, fears of escalating bloodshed are rising ahead of planned protests in the besieged Gaza Strip, on […]

Maan News Agency

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