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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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The Saudi Problem: Wildly Erratic, and Savagely Lashing out from Yemen to Qatar to . . . Canada?

The Saudi Problem: Wildly Erratic, and Savagely Lashing out from Yemen to Qatar to . . . Canada?

Mohamed Bin Salman is at it again. The yacht-loving Renaissance art collector who tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the American elite […]

Juan Cole

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Moving toward a Nuclear Weapons-Free World

Moving toward a Nuclear Weapons-Free World

(Informed Comment) – Seventy-three years ago, on August 6 and August 9, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine Recognized as Sovereign State by Outgoing Colombia Government

Palestine Recognized as Sovereign State by Outgoing Colombia Government

Bogota (AFP) – Colombia recognized Palestine as a sovereign state in the days before new President Ivan Duque took office, according to a letter from […]

AFP

Iran
Why Iranians shrug off Trump Sanctions:  ‘No one in the World Trusts US’

Why Iranians shrug off Trump Sanctions: ‘No one in the World Trusts US’

Tehran (AFP) – If the US was hoping renewed sanctions on Iran would cause immediate economic turmoil and mass anti-government protests, it may be disappointed, […]

Eric Randolph

Donald Trump
Yes, Lou Dobbs, Mueller is Engaged in a Jihad–and that’s a Good Thing

Yes, Lou Dobbs, Mueller is Engaged in a Jihad–and that’s a Good Thing

Jihad in the Qur’an is the moral struggle to do good, and the Prophet is said to have defined it as speaking the word of truth to a tyrant

Asma Afsaruddin

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Europe, Russia, China defy Trump on Iran Sanctions

Europe, Russia, China defy Trump on Iran Sanctions

A further round of new Trump sanctions against Iran went into effect yesterday, but the president is failing to get buy-in from allies and rivals, […]

Juan Cole

Trade
How Trump’s Trade War Hurts Working-Class Americans

How Trump’s Trade War Hurts Working-Class Americans

By Jeffrey Kucik | – President Donald Trump justifies tariffs on imports by arguing that “unfair trade policies” have harmed American workers. This has led […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Arabs Launch High Court Challenge to Apartheid Law As Shaked Warns Justices

Israeli Arabs Launch High Court Challenge to Apartheid Law As Shaked Warns Justices

Israeli Justice Minister known for anti-Palestinian hate speech warns of ‘earthquake’ if court finds Palestinian-Israelis equal citizens

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Saudis Seek to Silence Foreign Critics as Canada Feud Erupts

Saudis Seek to Silence Foreign Critics as Canada Feud Erupts

Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic rupture with Canada underscores the kingdom’s newly combative foreign policy to tame international criticism after a crackdown on domestic […]

Anuj Chopra

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