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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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Gaza: Hundreds Wounded by live fire as Israeli Snipers Shot protesters in Back & while at Prayer

Gaza: Hundreds Wounded by live fire as Israeli Snipers Shot protesters in Back & while at Prayer

Alex Gatopoulos | Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Israeli soldiers have fired on Palestinians in Gaza for the second day […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Rights groups slam Israeli 'crimes' in Gaza, say 'shooting unarmed civilians illegal'

Rights groups slam Israeli ‘crimes’ in Gaza, say ‘shooting unarmed civilians illegal’

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Human rights organizations have come out in full condemnation of Israel’s violent response to massive unarmed […]

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Corruption
Swampy McSwampface: EPA Chief Ruining Environment Living in Polluter Lobbyist Condo

Swampy McSwampface: EPA Chief Ruining Environment Living in Polluter Lobbyist Condo

By Jessica Corbett, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – “As he has done over and over again, he showed contempt for transparency, ethical […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
John Bolton Skewed Intelligence, Say People Who Worked With Him

John Bolton Skewed Intelligence, Say People Who Worked With Him

By Sebastian Rotella | ProPublica | – – Former colleagues say the next national security adviser — whose job is to marshal information and present […]

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Israeli Snipers Murder 17, wound dozens of Trapped Refugee Protesters at Gaza Border

Israeli Snipers Murder 17, wound dozens of Trapped Refugee Protesters at Gaza Border

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Palestinians in Gaza staged an unarmed protest Friday, part of a planned multi-week event, near the […]

Juan Cole

China
Wind & Solar Rising: Has world disillusionment with Nuclear Power reached China?

Wind & Solar Rising: Has world disillusionment with Nuclear Power reached China?

The Qinshan nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province (Image: baike) By Feng Hao | (China Dialogue) | – – Slowing demand for electricity and competition […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Photos: Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza March at Border for Return

In Photos: Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza March at Border for Return

Ma’an News Agency | – – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Thousands of Palestinians from across the besieged Gaza Strip took to the border with Israel […]

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Houthi
The Iran Red Herring in the Ruinous Yemen War

The Iran Red Herring in the Ruinous Yemen War

Via Middle East Monitor By Alastair Sloan | (Middle East Monitor) | – – As the church bells rang in the New Year of 2018, […]

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Donald Trump
Trump: "US out of Syria 'Very Soon'"-- Quip or Policy Reversal?

Trump: “US out of Syria ‘Very Soon'”– Quip or Policy Reversal?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump in the course of a speech on infrastructure in Ohio, yesterday, observed that the US […]

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