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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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Israel/ Palestine
Rights group says Past Year was the worst year in Gaza’s history

Rights group says Past Year was the worst year in Gaza’s history

Middle East Monitor | – – The Director of Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights said on Sunday that 2017 was the worst year in the […]

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Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh

Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Tuesday, March 20, is the spring equinox this year. Iranians, Kurds, Central Asians and many in […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai's Mushrif Park

A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai’s Mushrif Park

Middle East Monitor | – – The United Arab Emirates continues to build the world’s largest space city at a cost of $136 million, Director […]

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Guns
Australia solved the gun problem. We can too

Australia solved the gun problem. We can too

By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills.org) | – – A mass shooting created real reform Down Under — and strict gun control has worked. Progressives […]

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Donald Trump
Jared Kushner: "You're Fired!"

Jared Kushner: “You’re Fired!”

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) Here we are a little more than a year into the Trump presidency and his administration’s body count is […]

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Constitution
Trump, McCabe and our Permanent Constitutional Crisis

Trump, McCabe and our Permanent Constitutional Crisis

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s conviction that being president means never having to say you are sorry, and being able […]

Juan Cole

Chemical Weapons
From Dead Spies to Dead Syrian Villagers, Russian Denialism on Chemical Attacks

From Dead Spies to Dead Syrian Villagers, Russian Denialism on Chemical Attacks

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – Russia’s RT links the Skripal poisoning to British jealousy over hosting of the World Cup There’s […]

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Donald Trump
Under Pompeo, will Trump Foreign Policy be Even Worse?

Under Pompeo, will Trump Foreign Policy be Even Worse?

By Alastair Sloan | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The appointment of Mike Pompeo as the new US Secretary of State by Donald Trump […]

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Internet
Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica Firm Involved in Trump Campaign

Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica Firm Involved in Trump Campaign

TeleSur | – – The social media company warned it “will take legal action if necessary to hold them responsible and accountable for any unlawful […]

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