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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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Worse than Russian Hack: GOP Voter Suppression planned in 20 States

Worse than Russian Hack: GOP Voter Suppression planned in 20 States

By Jen Herrick | ( Otherwords.org) This year, at least 20 states are considering laws that would make it harder to vote. When President Trump […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman

Jews Must Stand Up for Ahed Tamimi: Sarah Silverman

TeleSur | – – Silverman, who is of Jewish heritage, became the latest high-profile U.S. celebrity to lend her support to the imprisoned Palestinian girl. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Saudi Arabia's Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen's Civilians

Saudi Arabia’s Filthy Lucre & its War on Yemen’s Civilians

By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | – – “Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, […]

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Democracy
Russian campaign Interference looks like ISIL in Polarizing Techniques

Russian campaign Interference looks like ISIL in Polarizing Techniques

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Mueller inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign has now brought indictments against […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Russiagate or Deep State? What Some Progressives Get Wrong on Russia

Russiagate or Deep State? What Some Progressives Get Wrong on Russia

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The bizarre denialism of some on the left and right about Russiagate doesn’t […]

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Corruption
Israel: Protesters call for ‘crime minister’ Netanyahu to step down

Israel: Protesters call for ‘crime minister’ Netanyahu to step down

Middle East Monitor | – – Israeli demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv today to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign after police recommended he […]

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censorship
Israel to Deny Benefits for Pro-Boycott Citizens, Local Groups

Israel to Deny Benefits for Pro-Boycott Citizens, Local Groups

TeleSur | – – The government will create a blacklist for local individuals and groups known to support the pro-Palestinian boycott movement against Israel. Israel […]

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Let's remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too

Let’s remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen is keeping two million children out of school (Yemen is […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Why do Iraq's Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?

Why do Iraq’s Shiites want US Troops out, but Sunnis prefer they Stay?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | Iraq’s Sunni Muslims are anxiously watching the debate over the presence of US troops in Iraq. Civilians […]

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