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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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Lebanon
Lebanon: 5 Steps to Improve Women’s Rights

Lebanon: 5 Steps to Improve Women’s Rights

Human Rights Watch | – – Parliament Candidates Should Commit to Reforms (Beirut) – Candidates running in Lebanon’s May 6, 2018 parliamentary elections should commit […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Surprise withdrawal of Syrian guerrillas from East Ghouta as Regime advances

Surprise withdrawal of Syrian guerrillas from East Ghouta as Regime advances

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian War is largely over, but the regime of Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and […]

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Pentagon
Youth, Gun Safety and the Pentagon

Youth, Gun Safety and the Pentagon

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – To my astonishment, I began receiving daily news updates from the Pentagon, innocuously named the Early […]

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Iran
Muslim Women at forefront of Science: 70% of Iranian Women Graduates come out with Science Degrees

Muslim Women at forefront of Science: 70% of Iranian Women Graduates come out with Science Degrees

Middle Eastern Women Leading World’s Science, Tech Fields | TeleSur | – – Over half of STEM jobs in several middle eastern countries are held […]

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Militarization
American Crusade: The War on Terror and the Ruins of the Middle East

American Crusade: The War on Terror and the Ruins of the Middle East

by James Carroll | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – America may be sinking ever deeper into the moral morass of the Trump era, but if […]

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Saudi Arabia
Battle of the billboards as Controversial Saudi crown prince arrives in London

Battle of the billboards as Controversial Saudi crown prince arrives in London

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | – – The roadside signs show a bearded man in Arab head-dress with the words “He is bringing […]

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Trade
George W. Bush tried steel tariffs. It didn't work

George W. Bush tried steel tariffs. It didn’t work

By William Hauk | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally followed through on his almost year-old threat to restrict imports of foreign […]

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Bill of Rights
US university demands Palestinian academic not criticise Israel in speech

US university demands Palestinian academic not criticise Israel in speech

Middle East Monitor Palestinian academic Hatem Bazian says Arizona State University asked him to sign a contract in which he pledges not to criticise Israel […]

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Climate Change
20,000 Scientists are Deeply Alarmed about Humanity and So should you Be

20,000 Scientists are Deeply Alarmed about Humanity and So should you Be

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The “Letter Warning Humanity” from scientists has now been signed by over 20,000 scientists, as The […]

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