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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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Israel's Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

Israel’s Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — There are several questions around the Israeli helicopter gunship strike on Mazari` al-Amal in Syria’s Quneitra Province, which […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int'l Criminal Court

Israeli PM Netanyahu Campaigns to Discredit, Defund Int’l Criminal Court

By Alexandra Halaby – (IMEMC & Agencies) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the ICC announcement by Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to initiate a […]

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Africa
Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

Why solar power is spreading so fast in Africa

The Economist | — “Africans have been waiting for decades for the mains electricity which the rich world takes for granted. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 910m people […]

Juan Cole

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The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”

The real Meaning of Fox’s “Fair and Balanced”

Paul Jamiol | (Jamiol’s World) Via Jamiol’s World

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Economy
Richest 1% will have more Wealth than rest of Humankind by 2016

Richest 1% will have more Wealth than rest of Humankind by 2016

BBC | — “Wealth amassed by the richest 1% will overtake the amount owned by the rest of the people in the world, according to […]

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African-Americans
Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

Why Martin Luther King would support Pres. Obama’s Tax on Super-Rich

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In one of his last speeches, at Grosse Point, MI., the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., laid out […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

It is Failed State in Yemen that permitted al-Qaeda to Train Paris Terrorists

CCTV America | — “CCTV America’s Susan Roberts interviewed Yemen correspondent for The Times of London Iona Craig about how Yemen has played a role […]

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Apartheid
We must Support Palestinians' Decision to Join the Int'l Criminal Court

We must Support Palestinians’ Decision to Join the Int’l Criminal Court

By Kenneth Roth | (Human Rights Watch)– Published in: Los Angeles Times The Israel exception to Western governments’ human rights principles has been starkly on […]

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Apartheid
Gaza:  Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society

Gaza: Bringing War-Disabled Palestinian Youth back into Society

By Khaled Alashqar | (IPS) — Samah Shaheen (right), one of Gaza’s many disabled young people, joined the Irada programme to acquire expertise, learn computerised […]

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