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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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A School Shooting's (Ir)rational Victims

A School Shooting’s (Ir)rational Victims

By Michael Slager | (Informed Comment) | – – The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student gunned down 15 […]

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The "Iran deal": when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side

The “Iran deal”: when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side

By Kourosh Ziabari | (OpenDemocracy.net) The domestic critics of the Iran deal and its Republican misanthropists in the United States are making a similar mistake. […]

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Anger as Israel begins deportation of African Refugees

Anger as Israel begins deportation of African Refugees

By Tanja R. Müller | (The Conversation) | – – Around 20,000 Israelis and African migrants took to the streets in Tel Aviv on February […]

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European Union
Europe's big Plans for Iran Trade announce Independence from Trump's Washington

Europe’s big Plans for Iran Trade announce Independence from Trump’s Washington

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the significant economic problems Iran faces, and despite the real problems in unequal income distribution, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Dr. Strangelove in the 21st Century: Trump’s Pentagon lowers Nuclear Threshold

Dr. Strangelove in the 21st Century: Trump’s Pentagon lowers Nuclear Threshold

( Tomdispatch.com) – If you’re having trouble sleeping thanks to, well, you know who… you’re not alone. But don’t despair. A breakthrough remedy has just […]

Rajan Menon

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Could Trump's Fragile Ego spark Korean or Iran War?

Could Trump’s Fragile Ego spark Korean or Iran War?

By Bandy X. Lee and Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | – – Donald Trump is not the first leader with a severe personality […]

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Christianity
Priests close Church of Holy Sepulchre over Israeli "attack on Christians"

Priests close Church of Holy Sepulchre over Israeli “attack on Christians”

Middle East Monitor | – – Church leaders in Jerusalem shut the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday in protest at a new Israeli […]

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UN Security Council calls for 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria's East Ghouta

UN Security Council calls for 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria’s East Ghouta

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Nations Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire between the […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Arabia, UN Human Rights Council Member, Continues Rights Crackdown

Saudi Arabia, UN Human Rights Council Member, Continues Rights Crackdown

By Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes freedom of expression, association and peaceful […]

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