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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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Why Obama is Right to avoid double standard about Modern Christian Atrocities

Why Obama is Right to avoid double standard about Modern Christian Atrocities

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Obama, speaking on Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, condemned religious extremism in the Muslim world, noting […]

Juan Cole

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Debating U.S. Foreign Policy:  Where are the Women?

Debating U.S. Foreign Policy: Where are the Women?

By Jasmin Ramsey | – WASHINGTON (IPS) – Women are running some of the United States’ most prominent foreign policy focused think tanks, leading groundbreaking […]

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Shiite Coup in Yemen: $400 mn. in US Weaponry Falls into Houthi Hands

Shiite Coup in Yemen: $400 mn. in US Weaponry Falls into Houthi Hands

Euronews | – “The United Nations and the United States have condemned Yemen’s dominant Houthi group for dissolving parliament. The move was also denounced by […]

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Iraq
ISIL Militants Burn Three Iraqis Alive

ISIL Militants Burn Three Iraqis Alive

By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq | – Officials and eyewitnesses say Islamic State (IS) militants have burned at least three people alive in Iraq’s western […]

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Energy
As South Africa aims to get 1/2 of Power from Solar, US Firms Jump In

As South Africa aims to get 1/2 of Power from Solar, US Firms Jump In

CCTV | – “Pretoria is promoting its growing solar industry, with predictions the sun will soon contribute about half of all South Africa’s new power […]

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Bush
Williams Affair: Reagan and Bush Lied about Military Records but Get a Pass

Williams Affair: Reagan and Bush Lied about Military Records but Get a Pass

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams is under fire for repeatedly having told an embellished story of being […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Report: 151 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons

Report: 151 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least 151 Palestinian children are currently being held as “security prisoners” in Israeli jails, Palestinian legal monitor Military Court Watch said […]

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Militarization
The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap:  Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

The Lone-Wolf Terror Trap: Why the Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease

By Matthew Harwood | (Tomdispatch.com) The shadow of a new threat seems to be darkening the national security landscape: the lone-wolf terrorist. “The lone wolf […]

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Western Jews
'Muslims are Jews’ natural allies in Europe': Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

‘Muslims are Jews’ natural allies in Europe’: Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

RT | – “Europe’s economic difficulties in recent years have led to a rise in radicalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attacks […]

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