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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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Palestine overwhelmed by Illegal American Immigrants

Palestine overwhelmed by Illegal American Immigrants

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – If there were a Palestinian Donald Trump, he’d be fulminating against illegal immigrants swamping the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Ghoul's Glossary:  "Migrants" or "Refugees" or "Anchor Babies"?

Ghoul’s Glossary: “Migrants” or “Refugees” or “Anchor Babies”?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Migrants: Those who voluntarily go to another country to live and work, seeking a better life. […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Appeals Court Falls for Government’s Shell Game in NSA Spying Case

Appeals Court Falls for Government’s Shell Game in NSA Spying Case

By Cindy Cohn | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s opinion today in Klayman v. Obama […]

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Iraq
Missing, Believed Murdered: ISIL in Mosul Releases 1st  ‘Death List’ of 2,070 Victims

Missing, Believed Murdered: ISIL in Mosul Releases 1st ‘Death List’ of 2,070 Victims

Khales Joumah | Mosul | (Niqash.org) The Islamic State group in Mosul has released lists of locals whose families thought they were missing, but who […]

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Kurds
Are Turkish Pres. Erdogan’s anti-PKK Campaign, Snap Elections Backfiring?

Are Turkish Pres. Erdogan’s anti-PKK Campaign, Snap Elections Backfiring?

By Kubilay Yado Arin | (ISLAMiCommentary) | – – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan this week called for […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Austrian Truck Tragedy echoes Palestinian Story, reminding us of 7 mn still stateless

Austrian Truck Tragedy echoes Palestinian Story, reminding us of 7 mn still stateless

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The gruesome discovery of an abandoned truck in eastern Austria with 71 dead refugees in it, […]

Juan Cole

Latinos
Can Donald Trump Become President Without Latinos?

Can Donald Trump Become President Without Latinos?

AJ+ | (Video Report) – – “After attacking immigrants, Mexicans and other Latinos, can Donald Trump become president without their votes? We look at the […]

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Human Rights
What if it were your kids' School the Israelis were demolishing?

What if it were your kids’ School the Israelis were demolishing?

By: Fadwa Baroud | (Ma’an News Analysis) | – – On July 12, 2015, Israel announced that it would seek to carry out demolition orders […]

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Kurds
Fighting at Funerals:  Turkey plunges back into Conflict

Fighting at Funerals: Turkey plunges back into Conflict

T. Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | – –          It has been a month since the government of Turkey has ended the tenuous peace […]

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