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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza
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Smotrich’s Apocalyptic “Decisive Plan” for Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Bezazel Smotrich is one of political leaders of Israel’s Messianic far-right. But he is also a shrewd administrator executing a biblical “decisive plan” of ethnic […]

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

“And those who husbanded the Golden Grain:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:15

09/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

The West Needs to Expedite Visas, Study Permits, Safe Passage for Palestinians in Gaza

09/18/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Report: World’s Richest Got 20% Richer in 2017

Report: World’s Richest Got 20% Richer in 2017

A report published recently by Swiss bank UBS shows the world’s wealthiest are now worth $9.1 trillion, enough to spend $1 million per day for […]

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Yemen
Khashoggi’s Murder grabbed Headlines but Brutal Saudi War on Yemen Invisible

Khashoggi’s Murder grabbed Headlines but Brutal Saudi War on Yemen Invisible

Dubai (AFP) – The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has triggered a diplomatic and public relations crisis for Saudi Arabia, but little may change […]

Natacha Yazbeck

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Suggestive Terrorism:  Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique

Suggestive Terrorism: Trump, Pipe Bomber and the ISIL Technique

The attempted pipe bombings directed at former US president Barack Obama, former vice president Joe Biden, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former attorney General […]

Juan Cole

BDS
Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is "anti-Semitism"

Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is “anti-Semitism”

Text calls on “all political parties to pass a binding resolution rejecting BDS activities as fundamentally anti-Semitic”.

Middle East Monitor

Democracy
De Niro: “There’s Something more powerful than Bombs: Your Vote”

De Niro: “There’s Something more powerful than Bombs: Your Vote”

De Niro has been a frequent critic of Trump

AFP

Qatar
Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle

Qatar a Beneficiary of Saudi Khashoggi Debacle

Doha (AFP) – Global diplomatic fallout from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political stand-off […]

David Harding

Iran
In Major defeat for Trump, Int'l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions

In Major defeat for Trump, Int’l Court of Justice Rules for Iran in Lifting Sanctions

(TeleSur) – Iran brought a complaint to the ICJ on grounds that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions violated the 1955 Treaty of Amity signed between […]

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Donald Trump
Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

Far right urging of jailing of Political Rivals linked in History with Bombings

The mass right wing parties of Europe in the 1920s and 1930s were led by charismatic leaders who whipped up the hatreds of mobs by […]

Juan Cole

BDS
Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called on the university to rescind the punishment

TeleSur

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