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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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Suspects in Saudi Journalist Murder directly tied to Crown Prince

Suspects in Saudi Journalist Murder directly tied to Crown Prince

by Ian Geoffrey TIMBERLAKE | – – Washington (AFP) – A suspect identified by Turkey in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a […]

AFP

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Saudi war on Yemen: World’s Worst Famine in a Century could Claim 13 Million

Saudi war on Yemen: World’s Worst Famine in a Century could Claim 13 Million

Yemen is a country of some 29 million persons, but over a third of them are at risk of starvation if Saudi and UAE bombing […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabia's Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy

Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Game of Thrones signals its Lack of Democracy

(Informed Comment) – The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi and his possible death at the hands of the Saudi state operatives in its consulate in Istanbul […]

Ali Abootalebi

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Dozens injured as Palestinians Protest Israeli Closure of Nablus School in Palestine

Dozens injured as Palestinians Protest Israeli Closure of Nablus School in Palestine

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Dozens of Palestinians participated in a protest against an Israeli army order to close a Palestinian high school in the al-Lubban village […]

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Saudi Arabia vows Retaliation if Punished over Missing Critic

Riyadh would “respond to any action with a bigger one”

Omar Hasan

Native Americans
Sen. Warren Calls on Trump to Pay $1 mn. to Charity as her DNA shows Native Ancestry

Sen. Warren Calls on Trump to Pay $1 mn. to Charity as her DNA shows Native Ancestry

Washington (AFP) – US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential contender, released DNA test results Monday confirming her Native American ancestry and challenged […]

AFP

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Tokyo's Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

Tokyo’s Net Carbon Zero Olympics, as Japan surges toward 65 GW Solar

But will it be enough to avoid turning the Pacific Ocean into Godzilla?

Juan Cole

Germany
"Untrump the World": Hundreds of Thousands March in Berlin against Far Right

“Untrump the World”: Hundreds of Thousands March in Berlin against Far Right

“We are indivisible”

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
Trump: SecDef Mattis, ‘Sort of a Democrat’ Could be Leaving Cabinet

Trump: SecDef Mattis, ‘Sort of a Democrat’ Could be Leaving Cabinet

By Jim MANNION | – (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “could be” leaving the cabinet post, US President Donald Trump says US Defense […]

AFP

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