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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 […]

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

How Trump is Demolishing U. S. Global Power and its World Order

How Trump is Demolishing U. S. Global Power and its World Order

10/06/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Yemen:  Saudi backs Sunni revolution against Shiite Houthi Rebels linked to Iran

Yemen: Saudi backs Sunni revolution against Shiite Houthi Rebels linked to Iran

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Yemen Voice reports that Wahhabi Saudi Arabia has launched an all out political offensive against the Shiite Houthi […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
New York: Solar Panels demand increasing despite drop in natural gas prices

New York: Solar Panels demand increasing despite drop in natural gas prices

CCTV America | – “The demand for renewable power resources such as wind and solar is not only holding steady, but growing. CCTV America’s Jessica […]

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Human Rights
Men in miniskirts protest against female student death in Turkey

Men in miniskirts protest against female student death in Turkey

Latest News | – “I would walk around in Taksim wearing a skirt, if you can do that…” For many Turkish men, this is a […]

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Gulf
Report:  Attacks on Iraqi Women are a War Tactic

Report: Attacks on Iraqi Women are a War Tactic

By Leila Lemghalef UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Iraqi women continue to be subject to physical, emotional and sexual violence, according to a new report by […]

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Antisemitism
Muslims form 'Ring of Peace' around Oslo Synagogue, after Denmark Attack

Muslims form ‘Ring of Peace’ around Oslo Synagogue, after Denmark Attack

Reuters | – “Norwegian Muslims form a human shield around a synagogue in Oslo, offering symbolic protection after an attack on a synagogue in neighboring […]

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Democracy
Top 5 Reasons Palestinian-Israelis Could shape the Israeli Election

Top 5 Reasons Palestinian-Israelis Could shape the Israeli Election

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Israel, despite the attempts of current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to cast it as a monochrome “Jewish state,” […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

By Silvia Boarini AL ARAQIB, Negev Desert, Israel (IPS) – Lehavim Junction in the northern Negev in Israel has been the backdrop to protests against […]

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Corruption
Mother Jones Catches Bill O'Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Mother Jones Catches Bill O’Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore, John Iadarola, and Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – “After NBC News suspended anchor Brian Williams for erroneously claiming […]

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Health
Post-Hostilities Gaza an 'Increasingly Toxic Environment' UN Warns

Post-Hostilities Gaza an ‘Increasingly Toxic Environment’ UN Warns

By IMEMC News & Agencies A top United Nations official warned, on Wednesday, of an ‘increasingly toxic environment’ in the besieged Gaza Strip and called […]

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