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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts
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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

H. Scott Prosterman

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

02/24/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

02/24/2026 By The Conversation

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Trump ran his second candidacy in 2024 on the all-too-bluntly apocalyptic slogan drill, baby, drill us into a literal hell on earth.

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Trump’s War on Somalia: Bombings, Slashing Food Aid, Promoting Climate Change

Climate change is at least somewhat implicated in the social dislocations that fuel terrorism in Somalia

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US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

US, Iranian Officials Set For New Negotiations Aimed At Preventing War

Tensions have been building after mass nationwide protests in Iran last month, during which authorities launched a brutal crackdown

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From Waltz to Hormuz: Why a Gulf Escalation would backfire Systemically

The international system today is not only defined by polarity but by dense interdependence. Energy chokepoints generate global conflict

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S. Australia Wholesale Electricity Prices fall 30% with Solar, Revealing Trump’s High-Cost Fossil Fuels Scam

If fossil fuels were competitive, Trump wouldn’t have to try so hard to stall permitting for new wind and solar projects

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Israel/ Palestine
Who Fears the Truth?  The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide

Who Fears the Truth? The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide

The edited clip of that speech ricocheted across social media, falsely suggesting

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
The Disappearance of Palestine

The Disappearance of Palestine

International support for a Palestinian state has never been stronger, but its territory is disappearing like sand in an hourglass

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Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”

Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1

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How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

How 3 local BDS campaigns won the divestment of millions in Israeli bonds

Under pressure from local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds.

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