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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/ Palestine
PLO's Erekat: 'Israeli Annexation of the West Bank up next'

PLO’s Erekat: ‘Israeli Annexation of the West Bank up next’

“Hope for peace, no more.”

Maan News Agency

Health Care
Trump is Coming for your Health Care, Will Re-institute Exclusion for Pre-Existing Conditions

Trump is Coming for your Health Care, Will Re-institute Exclusion for Pre-Existing Conditions

“Democrats will continue to fight relentlessly to protect people with pre-existing conditions and to deliver lower health costs” – Pelosi

AFP

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The Ilhan Omar Effect?  50% of Americans now favor a Palestinian State (Gallup)

The Ilhan Omar Effect? 50% of Americans now favor a Palestinian State (Gallup)

The cruelty of Israeli occupation and Apartheid is also having an impact

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Not So Fast... Could Trump still be Impeached for Obstruction of Justice?

Not So Fast… Could Trump still be Impeached for Obstruction of Justice?

Legally, obstruction can still occur in the absence of a crime. Trump might have interfered in investigations to protect members of his inner circle.

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Singer Della Miles on Gaza Strikes, Golan: "My heart beats with you Palestine"

Singer Della Miles on Gaza Strikes, Golan: “My heart beats with you Palestine”

Who knows how many innocent Palestinian children will break from their parents only because of this … unfair American decision.”

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
After 8 Years of Civil War, Syrians Finally United … against Trump re: Golan

After 8 Years of Civil War, Syrians Finally United … against Trump re: Golan

In Aleppo, hundreds gathered in the central Saadallah al-Jabiri square: “We are here to condemn Trump’s Golan decision”

AFP

Human Rights
The Exceptionalism of the Warmongers:  John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court

The Exceptionalism of the Warmongers: John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court

In its rejection of the court, Trump is turning his back on the international law the United States helped establish at Nuremberg

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Change
Back to the Sweltering Pliocene: World's Production of CO2 Spiked again in 2018

Back to the Sweltering Pliocene: World’s Production of CO2 Spiked again in 2018

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The world– you and I included– actually greatly increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, by 2.87 parts […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump isn’t out of the Legal Woods, with SDNY, Congressional Probes Bearing Down

Trump isn’t out of the Legal Woods, with SDNY, Congressional Probes Bearing Down

By Catherine TRIOMPHE | – New York (AFP) – The Mueller investigation is over, but President Donald Trump now faces a slew of other investigations […]

AFP

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