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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 Russian Job:  The Plot Thickens

The Russian Job: The Plot Thickens

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An avalanche of news about the connection of key Trump political operatives to Vladimir Putin and […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
Corporatocracy:  Al Franken shows Gorsuch Cold-Hearted toward Freezing Trucker

Corporatocracy: Al Franken shows Gorsuch Cold-Hearted toward Freezing Trucker

Amy Goodman | Democracy Now! | (Video News Clip) | – – Transcript via Democracy Now! ALPHONSE MADDIN: In January of 2009, I was working […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Ex-Mossad Chief: Occupation of Palestinians Is Israel’s Only Existential Threat

Ex-Mossad Chief: Occupation of Palestinians Is Israel’s Only Existential Threat

IMEMC | – – Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo asserted, on Tuesday, that the Israeli occupation and the conflict with the Palestinians are the only […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Failed Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Fuels Water, Sanitation Crisis

Failed Plan to Reconstruct Gaza Fuels Water, Sanitation Crisis

TeleSur | – – Under the plan, Israel continues to tightly control the materials that are being used to build vital infrastructure in Gaza. The […]

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Campaign Finance
Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn 'Dark Money' Lobbying on His Behalf

Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn ‘Dark Money’ Lobbying on His Behalf

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Judge Neil Gorsuch claims he ‘speaks for’ himself, but secretive sources have spent millions to […]

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Human Rights Watch
Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave

Iraq: ISIS Dumped Hundreds in Mass Grave

Via Human Rights Watch | – – Security Forces, Prisoners, Women, Among Those Executed (Erbil) – The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) executed and […]

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Asia
Isolated Saudi Arabia pivots to Asia; but will it spread Extremism There?

Isolated Saudi Arabia pivots to Asia; but will it spread Extremism There?

By Babak Mohammadzadeh | (The Conversation) | – – Capital cities across Asia spent the last month rolling out the red carpet for a rarely […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump

Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on […]

Juan Cole

Cuba
What's Cuba *Really* Like?

What’s Cuba *Really* Like?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of […]

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