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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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Camel Contestants in Saudi Pageant busted for Botox

Camel Contestants in Saudi Pageant busted for Botox

By Daniel Martin Varisco | MENA Tidningen | – – The camel, once referred to as the “ship of the desert” for the Arabian Peninsula, […]

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Donald Trump
Many in Press fall for Trump's non-apology on retweet of anti-Muslim Hate

Many in Press fall for Trump’s non-apology on retweet of anti-Muslim Hate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In the course of Trump’s softball interview with his friend Piers Morgan, he said he’d be […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Defying Trump, Multinational Companies going to 100% Green Energy in Droves

Defying Trump, Multinational Companies going to 100% Green Energy in Droves

By Frédéric Simon | EURACTIV.com | – – Renewables are becoming the energy source of choice for corporate electricity users, according to a new report […]

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Kurds
Why Don't Syria, Iran, Iraq And Turkey Want A Kurdistan? (Video)

Why Don’t Syria, Iran, Iraq And Turkey Want A Kurdistan? (Video)

Kurds, nationalism, separatism, Middle East

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National Security State
An Empire of Graveyards

An Empire of Graveyards

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) |- – Recently, a memory of my son as a small boy came back to me. He was, in those […]

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In blow to Trump, Syrian Kurds call on al-Assad to Save them from Turkey

In blow to Trump, Syrian Kurds call on al-Assad to Save them from Turkey

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The hopes of the Trump administration to use the Syrian Kurds as a wedge against the […]

Juan Cole

Crime
Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped

Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped

Centre for Human Rights in Iran | Trans. & Ed. Global Voices Online An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians: If Jerusalem is Off the Table, Peace is Off the Table

Palestinians: If Jerusalem is Off the Table, Peace is Off the Table

IMEMC News & Agencies International | – – Palestinian officials denounced, on Thursday, renewed statements by US President Donald Trump that Jerusalem is off the […]

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Employment
Plummeting Tourism to US, costing $10 bn., blamed on Trump Slump

Plummeting Tourism to US, costing $10 bn., blamed on Trump Slump

TeleSur | – – Some in the travel industry attribute the decline to something they call the “Trump slump.” Travel to the United States has […]

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