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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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Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Kushner is ‘in my pocket’ brags Saudi Crown Prince

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman bragged about his close relationship with Jared Kushner, senior advisor and son-in-law to […]

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Let's call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just "Hawkish"

Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just “Hawkish”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred […]

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More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

More British universities join Israeli Apartheid Week

Middle East Monitor | – – Two new UK universities have joined Israeli Apartheid Week this year, further increasing the reach of the global event. […]

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Arms Sales
US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

US Approves US$1 Billion Arms, Missile Deal with Saudi Arabia

TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia bought the almost 7,000 TOW missiles – plus an additional 96 for training purposes – for a total of […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

Trump and the American Fearscape as Hell for Muslim-Americans

By Nate Terani | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Understand this: I’m an American veteran. I’m also a Muslim-American in a country in which, in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: How a Shrine Bombing in Kabul tells us Trump's Surge won't Succeed

Afghanistan: How a Shrine Bombing in Kabul tells us Trump’s Surge won’t Succeed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This year, the merriment of Now-Ruz in Kabul was marred by a suicide bombing that killed […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: 8 months for slap in teen journalist Ahed Tamimi Plea Bargain

Israel: 8 months for slap in teen journalist Ahed Tamimi Plea Bargain

Middle East Monitor | – – Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi is to serve eight months in an Israeli jail after reaching a plea bargain, Israeli […]

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How Racism in the West is Changing: from Exploitation to Competition

How Racism in the West is Changing: from Exploitation to Competition

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim | ( Joop ) In addition to racism in our parts predominantly taking the guise of Islamophobia in recent decades, now all […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians to dangerous Areas

Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians to dangerous Areas

Human Rights Watch | – – EU Should Raise Issue, Pledge Aid at Conference (Brussels) – Turkish security forces have routinely intercepted hundreds, and at […]

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