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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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Jewish History
Israel:  Rosh Hashanah Dancing Robots -  Happy New Year with a Technion Touch

Israel: Rosh Hashanah Dancing Robots – Happy New Year with a Technion Touch

Technion | Shana Tova – Video| – – “Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has the touch to get you ready for the New Year – a […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming: Sierra Nevada snowpack at 500-year low, Worse Coming

Global Warming: Sierra Nevada snowpack at 500-year low, Worse Coming

By Valerie Trouet | (The Conversation) | – – In the Mediterranean climate of California, with its warm, wet winters and hot, dry summers, the […]

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Iran
Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes

Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Despite all the propaganda about the Iranian leaders’ rush to acquire nuclear […]

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Islam
Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day

Clashes rock Al-Aqsa Compound, 3rd Holiest Muslim Shrine, for 2nd day

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed for the second consecutive day at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on […]

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US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States

US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Public remarks by the head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency and by John Brennan, director […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Sanders surges in Iowa as Clinton faces Enthusiasm Gap

Sanders surges in Iowa as Clinton faces Enthusiasm Gap

Anthony Salvanto | (CBS Face the Nation Video) | – – “A new CBS News 2016 Battleground Tracker poll shows presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders, […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
When will War be off the Table?  Iran & US Trash Talk

When will War be off the Table? Iran & US Trash Talk

By David M. Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – You have to admire the sheer gall of the Republican presidential field, which has coalesced […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Israel's Deep Role in Syrian Refugee Crisis: Saga of Yarmouk

Israel’s Deep Role in Syrian Refugee Crisis: Saga of Yarmouk

By: Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – When Zionist Haganah militias carried out Operation Yiftach, on May 19 1948, the aim was […]

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Climate Change
Could we melt all the Ice in Antarctica if we Keep on Burning Fossil Fuels?

Could we melt all the Ice in Antarctica if we Keep on Burning Fossil Fuels?

By Andy Ridgwell | (The Conversation) | – – Here is a great “what-if”: if we (the human race) were to burn all available fossil […]

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