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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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Germany seeks Talks with Russia over Syria as Putin conducts Naval Maneuvers off Tartous

Germany seeks Talks with Russia over Syria as Putin conducts Naval Maneuvers off Tartous

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Agence France Press Arabic says that Cypriot officials are reporting that Russia has asked them to […]

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Acidification of Oceans
"We're talking Survival": Pacific Islanders call out Australia on Coal

“We’re talking Survival”: Pacific Islanders call out Australia on Coal

The Tree | – – Pacific Island nations have stepped up pressure on their reckless neighbours, warning Australia and New Zealand that their inadequate action […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Leftist Corbyn win as head of UK Labour alarms Israeli Right Wing

Leftist Corbyn win as head of UK Labour alarms Israeli Right Wing

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Saturday quickly led […]

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How Bush/Cheney's War Plans delayed an Iran Deal for a Decade

How Bush/Cheney’s War Plans delayed an Iran Deal for a Decade

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – When negotiations between Iran and the European “Troika” broke down, the reformist […]

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Militarization
Nearly Half of Republicans Could imagine backing Military Coup

Nearly Half of Republicans Could imagine backing Military Coup

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “New poll out from YouGov that is even more concerning than some of the […]

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al-Qaeda
14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria

14 Years after 9/11, US, Israel Tempted to ally with Al-Qaeda in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Jabhat al-Nusra or Support Front is one of the major rebel groups in Syria, holding […]

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Arab Americans
America's Dumb Bigots:  Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11

America’s Dumb Bigots: Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11

Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, and Wes Clark Jr. | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “One tragic aspect of our post-9/11 […]

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Haredim
‘Bibi in Bible Land’: The Likud Party Miscalculates and loses on Iran Deal

‘Bibi in Bible Land’: The Likud Party Miscalculates and loses on Iran Deal

By Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – Now that the Democratic senators have blocked a challenge to the Iran deal, pundits are […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Can Syrian Asylee Airlift from Turkey to Sweden be Crowd-Funded? Iranian Expats Think So

Can Syrian Asylee Airlift from Turkey to Sweden be Crowd-Funded? Iranian Expats Think So

By Elisabeth Braw | (RFE/ RL) | – – A group of Iranian emigres and friends has announced an ambitious project to mount a crowdfunded […]

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