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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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2 Dead, 30 wounded: Israeli troops again Fire on Peaceful Palestinian Protesters at Gaza Border

2 Dead, 30 wounded: Israeli troops again Fire on Peaceful Palestinian Protesters at Gaza Border

TeleSur | – – “I have no fear of dying because there is no life in Gaza,” one Palestinian told AFP. As Friday protests resumed […]

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Reality Show violence in the Age of Trump: Striking Syria

Reality Show violence in the Age of Trump: Striking Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Trump along with allies British prime minister Theresa May and French president Emannuel Macron struck […]

Juan Cole

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Russia, Iran and Syria respond to Trump's Threats

Russia, Iran and Syria respond to Trump’s Threats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The UK-based Arabic language daily, al-Arabi al-Jadid (a secular, left-leaning newspaper helmed by Azmi Bishara from […]

Juan Cole

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Syria: would a new foreign military intervention be legal?

Syria: would a new foreign military intervention be legal?

By James Sweeney | (The Conversation) | – – Just days after an alleged chemical attack killed and injured scores of civilians in Douma, Syria, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel must hold killers of Reporter Yaser Murtaja in its own Military to account: CPJ

Israel must hold killers of Reporter Yaser Murtaja in its own Military to account: CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists | – – Beirut–The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned comments by Israel’s defense minister over the weekend that appear to […]

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Top 5 Lessons from the History of America’s Defeats

Top 5 Lessons from the History of America’s Defeats

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – The lessons of history? Who needs them? Certainly not Washington’s present cast of characters, a […]

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Why Trump can't reverse Syrian regime dirty win in Ghouta & why Iran is Gloating

Why Trump can’t reverse Syrian regime dirty win in Ghouta & why Iran is Gloating

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration and the May government in the UK seem poised to launch missile strikes […]

Juan Cole

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Ryan steps down, with Lifetime dream of transferring Trillions from People to Super-Rich Fulfilled

Ryan steps down, with Lifetime dream of transferring Trillions from People to Super-Rich Fulfilled

By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Having successfully rammed through tax legislation that massively rewards America’s billionaires—including his long-time […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Trump, World Leaders outraged by Syria's Douma but ignore Children of Gaza & Yemen

Trump, World Leaders outraged by Syria’s Douma but ignore Children of Gaza & Yemen

By Amelia Smith @amyinthedesert | (Middle East Monitor) | – – In the aftermath of the chemical weapons assault that suffocated to death over 80 […]

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