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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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Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Green Light for Ethnic Cleansing?

Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Green Light for Ethnic Cleansing?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Let’s be clear: the forced displacement of Palestinians is not a new idea. US President Donald Trump’s latest proposal […]

Ramzy Baroud

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Gaza’s Telecommunications: Occupied and Destroyed

Gaza’s Telecommunications: Occupied and Destroyed

  Ali Abdel-Wahab Introduction ( Al-Shabaka ) – In the 21st century, telecommunications—particularly the internet—have become indispensable tools in the global struggle for freedom and […]

Al-Shabaka

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In the Race for Influence in the New Syria, will Türkiye come out on Top?

In the Race for Influence in the New Syria, will Türkiye come out on Top?

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Last week, Syria’s newly appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Ankara to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, […]

Volkan Isbasaran

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Protest to MIT about Denying a Palestine Course to Professor Michael DeGraff

Protest to MIT about Denying a Palestine Course to Professor Michael DeGraff

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Sally Kornbluth President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sally.kornbluth@mit.edu . . .   Dear President […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Make Art, not War

Make Art, not War

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The world is in danger, mind-numbingly so, from a combination of crises: disease, hunger, mass displacement, racial and economic inequality, war […]

William D. Hartung

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As Trump Shutters US Offshore Wind, Asia’s Renewables Promise Cheaper Manufacturing, Trade Surpluses

As Trump Shutters US Offshore Wind, Asia’s Renewables Promise Cheaper Manufacturing, Trade Surpluses

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has halted the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from granting new offshore wind licenses. This move will gut the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law

In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy | – ( ProPublica ) – It was the week President Donald Trump had signed a sweeping executive […]

ProPublica

Academic Freedom
Emory University’s Shocking Suspension of Umaymah Mohammad for Exercising her Right to Free Speech on Palestine

Emory University’s Shocking Suspension of Umaymah Mohammad for Exercising her Right to Free Speech on Palestine

Gregory L. Fenves  President, Emory University  president@emory.edu Dear President Fenves:    We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

Donald Trump
Demonic Duo Trump and Musk Detonate a Blast Wave at US Foreign Aid, Harming Millions

Demonic Duo Trump and Musk Detonate a Blast Wave at US Foreign Aid, Harming Millions

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – Too lazy to bother with the laborious process of democracy, President Trump bestowed power onto the maniacal zealot […]

Dan Dinello

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