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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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As Trump OKs Saudi Nuclear Projects, Rep. Sherman replies: “If you can’t trust a regime with a bone-saw . . .”

As Trump OKs Saudi Nuclear Projects, Rep. Sherman replies: “If you can’t trust a regime with a bone-saw . . .”

Saudi Arabia has not sought a so-called Section 123 assuring peaceful use of technology.

AFP

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After Saudi-led Air Strike on Yemen Kills 5 Schoolchildren, US Calls for Probe

After Saudi-led Air Strike on Yemen Kills 5 Schoolchildren, US Calls for Probe

Charity Save the Children reported the death toll at the hospital it supports in Saada province

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Why Muslim Survivors of N. Zealand Massacre can Forgive: Islam is about Compassion

Why Muslim Survivors of N. Zealand Massacre can Forgive: Islam is about Compassion

“Allah says if we forgive one another he loves us.”

Juan Cole

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Muslim Christchurch survivor tells remembrance service: 'I choose peace'

Muslim Christchurch survivor tells remembrance service: ‘I choose peace’

“Racism exists, but it is not welcome here.”

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Snipers Kill 40 Children, send 3,000 to Hospital in Year of Gaza Border Protests

Israeli Snipers Kill 40 Children, send 3,000 to Hospital in Year of Gaza Border Protests

“UNICEF reiterates its outrage at the very high numbers of children who have been killed and injured as a result of armed conflict 2018”

AFP

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Naked Truth: The Grifter-in-Chief will Leave us Bankrupt and Holding the Bag

Naked Truth: The Grifter-in-Chief will Leave us Bankrupt and Holding the Bag

Donald Trump wasn’t actually a successful businessman at all, but a classic American con man

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Embrace of War-Crimes Tactics Leaves 200 Dead, Thousands of Largely Peaceful Gaza Protesters Disabled

Israeli Embrace of War-Crimes Tactics Leaves 200 Dead, Thousands of Largely Peaceful Gaza Protesters Disabled

Baz, then 29, said he had been standing a couple of hundred metres from the border fence for only about a half an hour when an Israeli sniper’s bullet pierced his leg.

AFP

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How Trump Just Gave Alabama to Iraq by Giving Syrian Golan to Israel

How Trump Just Gave Alabama to Iraq by Giving Syrian Golan to Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration’s illegal and unilateral recognition of Israeli annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights is an unfortunate return to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Imposes Collective Punishment on Gaza Civilians Leaves Dozens Homeless after Tel Aviv Strikes

Israel Imposes Collective Punishment on Gaza Civilians Leaves Dozens Homeless after Tel Aviv Strikes

The UN has warned that the besieged Palestinian territory could become “uninhabitable” by 2020

Maan News Agency

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