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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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This time Dr. Strangelove is President:  On the Political Psychology of Donald Trump

This time Dr. Strangelove is President: On the Political Psychology of Donald Trump

By Daniel Brumberg | (Informed Comment) | – – Is Donald Trump rational? Is he sane? Often posed before his election, this question is now […]

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The Sadism of Racist Exclusion:  Courts Temporarily Block Trump

The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Picking on immigrants and refugees is the act of a sadistic bully, since they are the […]

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Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless

Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless

By Marcelo Rochabrun | ProPublica | – – Update: A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters on Saturday morning that the President’s […]

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Mexico ‘Astonished’ at Israel’s Netanyahu’s Tweet backing Wall

Mexico ‘Astonished’ at Israel’s Netanyahu’s Tweet backing Wall

TeleSur | – – Earlier on Saturday, Netanyahu tweeted: “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border… Great success. Great idea.” […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Persecution and the threat to the refugee system

Persecution and the threat to the refugee system

By Brad K. Blitz | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – We need to accept that for millions of refugees persecution is the principal reason for flight […]

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Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow

Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s shameful halt to the admission of refugees for 6 months and his 3-month pause in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New report reveals top Israeli official living in illegal colonial settlement

New report reveals top Israeli official living in illegal colonial settlement

IMEMC News | – – An Israeli Finance Minister, who is in charge of implementing a law to demolish Palestinian homes in the West Bank, […]

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Donald Trump
Trump sees Press as Public Enemy No. 1 – Reporters w/out Borders

Trump sees Press as Public Enemy No. 1 – Reporters w/out Borders

By IPS News Desk | – – ROME (IPS) – “Alarmed” by the new administration’s “repeated attacks on the media and blatant disregard for facts […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy

Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy

By Phyllis Bennis | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – Already Trump is super-charging U.S. militarism, gutting diplomacy, and punishing the victims […]

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