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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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Election Postmortem:  Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

Election Postmortem: Did the Labor Unions get Taken for a Ride?

By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – – According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Labor Unions Step Up Presidential Election […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Sting & Gandhian anti-Terrorism:  Your Paris vacation can help cripple ISIL

Sting & Gandhian anti-Terrorism: Your Paris vacation can help cripple ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Sting, 65, played a concert at the Bataclan Theater where ISIL terrorists killed 90 innocent people […]

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Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately

Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately

TeleSur | – – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump didn’t back down from his hardline stance on immigration Sunday in his first interview since winning the […]

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Donald Trump
Do Trump Insiders' links to Netanyahu, Iranian political Cult, Spell Trouble for Tehran?

Do Trump Insiders’ links to Netanyahu, Iranian political Cult, Spell Trouble for Tehran?

By Arash Aziz | ( Globalvoices.org | – – Among the foreign policy think tanks and pundits of New York and DC, few supported Trump […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to legalize squatter outposts in Palestinian West Bank, hinting at Annexation

Israel to legalize squatter outposts in Palestinian West Bank, hinting at Annexation

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation Sunday evening unanimously approved a law that would retroactively legalize outposts […]

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National Security State
America through the Hell-Gate of Horn

America through the Hell-Gate of Horn

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The one thing you could say about empires is that, at or near their height, they […]

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As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

As Der Donald-inspired Hate Crimes grow, US Universities at Risk

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A tsunami of reports about hate crimes directed at minorities are coming in from all over […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
America's Dark Underbelly is now its Face

America’s Dark Underbelly is now its Face

By Peter Certo | (Otherwords.org) | – –

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Israel/ Palestine
Spain joins US in slamming Israel’s expansion of Gilo squatter settlement

Spain joins US in slamming Israel’s expansion of Gilo squatter settlement

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The government of Spain released a statement on Friday joining the United States in condemning Israel’s […]

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