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		<title>John Mearsheimer on Why Hamas Really Attacked Israel on Oct. 7</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/18/john-mearsheimer-on-why-hamas-really-attacked-israel-on-oct-7/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mearsheimer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From John Mearsheimer’s new YouTube channel: October 7, 2026, marked the third anniversary of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel. Considerable attention was devoted to commemorating that event in Israel and throughout the West. The focus was mainly on three questions: 1) What happened that day? 2) Why was Israel caught by surprise? 3) What have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Zionist Palestinian State&#8217; a Ploy To Justify Israel Support</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/17/zionist-palestinian-state-a-ploy-to-justify-israel-support/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yves Engler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Ottawa wants its colonial lacky to hold long delayed elections but is demanding a leading Palestinian party be excluded. And its statement largely reflects Zionist pressure and the two-state charade. On Saturday Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas postponed upcoming legislative and presidential elections for nearly a year. In response [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Mearsheimer says NATO Won’t Quit and Won’t Win</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/17/john-mearsheimer-says-nato-wont-quit-and-wont-win/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mearsheimer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from John&#8217;s Substack:  On 8 October 2026, I was on Lena Petrova’s popular podcast, World Affairs in Context, discussing the war in Ukraine and its implications not just for Ukraine’s future, but for NATO’s as well. I emphasized that NATO is deeply involved in the war, but that NATO and Ukraine working together cannot [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Israeli Strike Burns Gaza Mother Alive in Front of Toddler, ‘Without Generating Any Headlines’</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/16/israeli-strike-burns-gaza-mother-alive-in-front-of-toddler-without-generating-any-headlines/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Palestinian toddler watched, screaming in horror, as her mother was burned alive in an Israeli airstrike on their Gaza City home early Wednesday that left the wounded girl orphaned – and received almost no coverage in US corporate media. Reem Asaad Awad was killed when an Israeli helicopter attacked her family’s apartment in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ron Paul says: Surprise! Blowing Up Boats Didn&#8217;t End &#8216;Narco-terrorism&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/15/ron-paul-surprise-blowing-up-boats-didnt-end-narco-terrorism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: As should have been obvious, the US military program to blow up boats and kill everyone aboard in the name of fighting &#8220;narco-terrorism&#8221; has failed spectacularly. The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that not only has the drug trade not been halted with such moves, it is actually stronger [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>70+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Answer for Iran Wedding Massacre</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/15/70-house-democrats-demand-pentagon-answer-for-iran-wedding-massacre/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 70 House Democrats on Tuesday sought answers and accountability from the Pentagon regarding a likely US strike on a September wedding gathering in southern Iran that killed five civilians – all women and children – and wounded over 70 others. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), Sara [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Mearsheimer on Trump vs. Zelensky – Again!</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/14/john-mearsheimer-on-trump-vs-zelensky-again/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mearsheimer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from John&#8217;s Substack:  On 11 October 2026, I was on Switzerland with Aaron Maté and host Tom Switzer, discussing the wars in Iran and Ukraine. We focused especially on President Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel, allowing it to be sold on global markets. Although Trump’s move has enraged President Zelensky, almost [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>All Aboard for the ‘Not Our War Tour’</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/13/all-aboard-for-the-not-our-war-tour/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelley Beaucar Vlahos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A man from Iowa who said he lived in a small rural town, population 20,000, called into CSPAN’s Washington journal on Tuesday and had some remarkable observations to share. He noted that a lot of the Trump signs were gone and several of the local and vocal Trump voters in the community had gone noticeably [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Israel’s New – and Terrifying – Security Doctrine</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/13/israels-new-and-terrifying-security-doctrine/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trita Parsi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. If you read one thing today, make sure it is this: In a stunning piece published by the head of one of Israel’s most prominent think tanks, Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman describes the reality of Israel’s new security doctrine: A few crucial principles he describes: 1. The United [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>IDF Veterans: Post-10/7 Rules Allowed Hundreds of Civilian Deaths to Kill Single Hamas Member</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/10/13/idf-veterans-post-10-7-rules-allowed-hundreds-of-civilian-deaths-to-kill-single-hamas-member/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Wilkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former Israeli military and intelligence personnel affirmed that rules for targeting confirmed and alleged Hamas members in Gaza were dramatically loosened after the October 7, 2023 attack, allowing strikes expected to kill hundreds of Palestinian civilians to target even low-ranking members of the Palestinian resistance group, according to a report published Monday. In an article [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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