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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/ Palestine
What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees

What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees

By Anne Irfan | – – Leaked emails from Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and appointed steward of the Israel-Palestine conflict, are shedding light on […]

The Conversation

UAE
Dubai Jails Swedish Woman, Daughter, for one Glass of Wine on Flight

Dubai Jails Swedish Woman, Daughter, for one Glass of Wine on Flight

Update: Ms. Holman has been released and Dubai has apologized. -JC, 8/12/18 A mother and her four-year-old daughter were detained for three days in Dubai […]

Middle East Monitor

Iraq
Nationalist Cleric Sadr and Communist Allies wins Iraq Vote Recount

Nationalist Cleric Sadr and Communist Allies wins Iraq Vote Recount

Baghdad (AFP) – Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr’s alliance won Iraq’s May parliamentary election according to a manual recount, the electoral commission said Friday, paving […]

AFP

Pollution
US jury orders Monsanto pay $290mn to cancer patient in weed killer trial

US jury orders Monsanto pay $290mn to cancer patient in weed killer trial

San Francisco (AFP) – A California jury on Friday ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper […]

Glenn Chapman

Saudi Arabia
How Bin Salman's Attack on Canada is Harming the Saudi Economy

How Bin Salman’s Attack on Canada is Harming the Saudi Economy

By Alastair Sloan | – The Canada-Saudi spat looks set to accelerate as the Kingdom’s central bank ordered its fund managers to withdraw hundreds of […]

Middle East Monitor

Immigration
Busting the Myth of Immigrant Crime

Busting the Myth of Immigrant Crime

San Francisco (Yes! Magazine) – Trump’s White supporters—not immigrants—are bringing lethal drugs, violence, and crime. President Donald Trump’s core supporters consist of 60 million to […]

Mike Males

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Airstrike in Yemen hits School Bus, kills 29 Kids

Saudi Airstrike in Yemen hits School Bus, kills 29 Kids

Sanaa (AFP) – An attack on a bus at a market in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children Thursday, the Red Cross said, […]

AFP

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US Editorials called the Polish immigrant Grandparents of Laura Ingraham 'Undesirables'

US Editorials called the Polish immigrant Grandparents of Laura Ingraham ‘Undesirables’

Professional bigot Laura Ingraham, ensconced in the primo 10 pm slot at Fox Cable News, has delivered herself of one of her typical Know-Nothing pronouncements […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Socialists of America
First Palestinian-American Socialist Woman to Enter Congress: Rashida Tlaib

First Palestinian-American Socialist Woman to Enter Congress: Rashida Tlaib

The strong number of female candidates comes midway through the term of Trump. Rashida Tlaib is set to become the first Muslim and Palestinian-American woman […]

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