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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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The US is near to Turning a Corner in Afghanistan etc. and always Will be

The US is near to Turning a Corner in Afghanistan etc. and always Will be

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – If you’re in the mood, would you consider taking a walk with me and, while we’re […]

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Syria: War is over at the Center, but Powers nibbling at Edges

Syria: War is over at the Center, but Powers nibbling at Edges

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Where people live and how many of them there are constitute basic questions for any social […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Joining BDS, Israeli Gov't to Boycott Israeli Film in Paris

Joining BDS, Israeli Gov’t to Boycott Israeli Film in Paris

Middle East Monitor | – – The Israeli government is to boycott the Paris Film Festival over the organiser’s decision to air a movie that […]

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censorship
Robots, kittens and Netflix: Turkish curbs on the media reach ludicrous levels

Robots, kittens and Netflix: Turkish curbs on the media reach ludicrous levels

By Ozge Ozduzen | (The Conversation) | – – Regulation and censorship mechanisms have recently reached absurd levels in Turkey. Two stark recent examples illustrate […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
‘Fake News!’: the view from Israel’s Occupation

‘Fake News!’: the view from Israel’s Occupation

By Rebecca L. Stein | (OpenDemocracy.net | – – Over the course of the last two decades, amidst the ascendance of nationalist extremism in Israel, […]

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Russia warns Israel on Syria strikes, danger to Russian Troops

Russia warns Israel on Syria strikes, danger to Russian Troops

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring reports on a statement in Russian at the site of its Ministry of Foreign […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump’s Plan to use Fossil Fuels to dominate the Globe

Trump’s Plan to use Fossil Fuels to dominate the Globe

( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The new U.S. energy policy of the Trump era is, in some ways, the oldest energy policy on Earth. Every […]

Michael T. Klare

Bahrain
Bahrain is even Deporting its own Citizens (Shh, don't Tell Trump)

Bahrain is even Deporting its own Citizens (Shh, don’t Tell Trump)

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities have deported eight stateless Bahrainis, whom they had previously stripped of their citizenship, since January […]

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Donald Trump
Pence at Olympics: "America First" is making the US the Skunk at the Party

Pence at Olympics: “America First” is making the US the Skunk at the Party

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – The Seoul Olympics should be a joyous event, a celebration of athletic skills and international cooperation. […]

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