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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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Netanyahu & Boehner: How Israel went from being a Democratic to a Republican Project

Netanyahu & Boehner: How Israel went from being a Democratic to a Republican Project

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country […]

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Network Climate Coverage: The Good, the Bad and the (Mostly) Ugly

Network Climate Coverage: The Good, the Bad and the (Mostly) Ugly

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Apartheid
As Gaza Refugee Babies die of Cold, Underfunded UN Agency Halts Rebuilding Aid to 400,000

As Gaza Refugee Babies die of Cold, Underfunded UN Agency Halts Rebuilding Aid to 400,000

By Charlie Hoyle | – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A massive shortfall in the $5.4 billion pledged for Gaza’s reconstruction by the international community last October […]

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Barack Obama
New Saudi King to Obama: Lower-price Oil Policy won't Change

New Saudi King to Obama: Lower-price Oil Policy won’t Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – President Obama cut short his India trip to head off to Riyadh in the wake of the death […]

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Women Empowered by Solar Energy in Bangladesh

Women Empowered by Solar Energy in Bangladesh

World Bank | — “Bangladesh has become the world’s fastest growing market for solar home systems, thanks in part to IDA – the World Bank’s […]

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Apartheid
Israel ‘systematically mistreats’ Palestinian children in custody

Israel ‘systematically mistreats’ Palestinian children in custody

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an News Agency) — Some 700 Palestinian children per year are arrested and face “ill-treatment” by Israeli forces, according to a new report by […]

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Barack Obama
Obama Win:  Dem Senators Flip-Flop, Delay Iran Sanctions Bill

Obama Win: Dem Senators Flip-Flop, Delay Iran Sanctions Bill

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Luke Johnson | (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON — A key U.S. senator says he and nine other senators are holding their support for […]

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Corruption
Koch Bros To Spend Nearly A Billion Buying The 2016 Elections

Koch Bros To Spend Nearly A Billion Buying The 2016 Elections

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) – “”The Koch brothers’ operation intends to spend $889 million in the run-up to the 2016 elections — a […]

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Islamophobia
Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia

Ms. Marvel Vs. Islamophobia

AJ+ | – “Who do you call when Islamophobia strikes? Kamala Khan, better known as Ms. Marvel. Street artists are using images of the Muslim […]

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