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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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Psychopathocracy Matures: Trump asks why CIA did not Massacre family of Militant with Drone

Psychopathocracy Matures: Trump asks why CIA did not Massacre family of Militant with Drone

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Greg Jaffe at the Washington Post reports that Trump has reversed an Obama-era push to get […]

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Green Energy
Solar is taking over the World and China is taking over Solar

Solar is taking over the World and China is taking over Solar

By Frédéric Simon | EURACTIV.com | – – Solar power dominated a global ranking of new renewable energy investments “like never before” last year, with […]

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Peaceful Protest: More Palestinians Killed, Injured on Day of the Burning Tires

Peaceful Protest: More Palestinians Killed, Injured on Day of the Burning Tires

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A second Palestinian protester was shot and killed by Israeli forces along the Gaza border, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli occupation denying Palestinians ‘right to development’ says new UN study

Israeli occupation denying Palestinians ‘right to development’ says new UN study

Middle East Monitor | – – Decades of Israeli occupation and appropriation of land and resources has denied the Palestinian people the right to development, […]

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Three Countries show how Near a 100% Green Grid is

Three Countries show how Near a 100% Green Grid is

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The aspiration for a 100% green electricity grid is no longer a dream. It is regularly […]

Juan Cole

Drone Warfare
Trump's Increasingly Secret Air and Drone Wars

Trump’s Increasingly Secret Air and Drone Wars

By Jessica Purkiss and Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – Civil rights group calls the transparency clampdown “deeply disturbing” Share […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli peace group urges soldiers to refuse orders to shoot Gaza protesters

Israeli peace group urges soldiers to refuse orders to shoot Gaza protesters

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem launched a campaign entitled “Sorry Commander, I cannot shoot,” on Thursday urging Israeli soldiers to refuse orders […]

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Donald Trump
The Dolls of Militarism: Will Trump’s Chickenhawk Cabinet lie us into another Conflict?

The Dolls of Militarism: Will Trump’s Chickenhawk Cabinet lie us into another Conflict?

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Sometimes I get sick of saying it, but just when you thought it couldn’t get any […]

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Donald Trump
Trump wants out of Syria within 6 months, Seeks Saudi Aid: AP

Trump wants out of Syria within 6 months, Seeks Saudi Aid: AP

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – AP’s Josh Lederman reports that on Tuesday, Trump told national security aides meeting in the White […]

Juan Cole

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