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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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Saudi Arabia
Did Trump Have an Obligation to Warn Khashoggi? Juan Cole @ Thom Hartmann

Did Trump Have an Obligation to Warn Khashoggi? Juan Cole @ Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann Show | (Video Interview) | – – How much responsibility does Donald Trump have, after not warning Khashoggi, and what does this say […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Humanity’s Failing Grade:  Putting out Even more Poisonous CO2 in 2018

Humanity’s Failing Grade: Putting out Even more Poisonous CO2 in 2018

Co-Author: Catherine HOURS | – – Paris (AFP) – Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018 after hitting record levels the year before, dimming […]

Marlowe Hood

Israel/ Palestine
US Downgrades Palestinian Mission into Israeli Embassy

US Downgrades Palestinian Mission into Israeli Embassy

Co-Author: Paul HANDLEY | – – Washington (AFP) – The United States downgraded its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians on Thursday, placing it under […]

Joe Dyke

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Israeli Army kills a Palestinian in Gaza Every Single Day: Euro-Med

Israeli Army kills a Palestinian in Gaza Every Single Day: Euro-Med

Israeli forces caused injuries to one in every 100 Palestinians

Maan News Agency

Islam
Islam: The Essence of the Qur’an is Compassionate Love: Qur’an 90

Islam: The Essence of the Qur’an is Compassionate Love: Qur’an 90

An early chapter of the Qur’an is 90, “The City.” It contrasts the wealthy elite of Mecca in western Arabia in the 610s of the […]

Juan Cole

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Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham, You have Iranian Ancestry and should be Proud

Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham, You have Iranian Ancestry and should be Proud

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Lindsay Graham joked on Fox Cable News that he might do a genetic test to see if he has […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Kashoggi, Yemen and the War on Journalism

Kashoggi, Yemen and the War on Journalism

(MENA Tidningen) – For the past week, the news cycle on the Middle East has been focused, for obvious reasons, on the murder of the […]

Daniel Martin Varisco

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Eviction Occupied Khan al-Ahmar Residents is a War Crime: Int’l Court

Israeli Eviction Occupied Khan al-Ahmar Residents is a War Crime: Int’l Court

Extensive destruction of property without military necessity and population transfers in an occupied territory constitute war crimes under the Rome Statute

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine
UN elevates State of Palestine to Chair of Group of 77

UN elevates State of Palestine to Chair of Group of 77

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestine’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, hailed as “a new victory” the UN General Assembly vote in favor of […]

Maan News Agency

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