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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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1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

Middle East Monitor | – – Israel has one of the highest poverty rates of any developed country with the gap between the rich and […]

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Kurds
Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

TeleSur | – – The YPG and allied forces, under the umbrella organization the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), control over 60 percent of the Syrian […]

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Education
A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

By Chuck Collins | (Inequality.org) | – – Blogging Our Great Divide America’s left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump's US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees

Trump’s US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees

By Gordon Brown | (Project Syndicate) | – – The US has decided to withhold more than half of its planned funding for the UNRWA […]

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Iran
Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution

Iranian women risk arrest: Daughters of the revolution

Homa Hoodfar | (The Conversation) | – – In the lead-up to March 8, I am sometimes asked whether we really still need an International […]

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Saudi Crown Prince Implicated: Credible reports of Torture and Murder in Ritz Carlton: NYT

Saudi Crown Prince Implicated: Credible reports of Torture and Murder in Ritz Carlton: NYT

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The late Saudi Maj. Gen. Ali al-Qahtani is said to have shown up at the morgue […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq: Al-Sadr & Communist Party ally against Corruption, Iranian Hegemony

Iraq: Al-Sadr & Communist Party ally against Corruption, Iranian Hegemony

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Nativist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, 44, is encouraging members of his Sadr Movement to vote in […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Victimizing Children: The Stunning New Cruelty of Trump's Immigration Enforcement

Victimizing Children: The Stunning New Cruelty of Trump’s Immigration Enforcement

By Jill Richardson | (Otherwords.org) | – – Whatever your views on immigration, we should all agree not to torment small children. We’ve reached a […]

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Human Rights
Western Man jailed for "insulting" UAE online

Western Man jailed for “insulting” UAE online

Middle East Monitor | – – A 39-year-old teacher* has been jailed and forced “to sign a fake confession” in the UAE following “an electronic […]

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