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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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Why Powerful Men can Roar, but Rape Victims are Discounted as "too" Emotional or "Calm"

Why Powerful Men can Roar, but Rape Victims are Discounted as “too” Emotional or “Calm”

“Good” rape victims must show the right emotions to be taken seriously

Gail Ukockis

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55% of GOP say Sexual Assault not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What is *Wrong* with Them?

55% of GOP say Sexual Assault not Disqualifying for SCOTUS; What is *Wrong* with Them?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – What in the world is wrong with self-identified Republicans in the United States. I mean, look, I’m a historian and […]

Juan Cole

Supreme Court
SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk

SNL: Matt Damon Rakes Kavanaugh over Coals as Angry, Hysterical, Privileged Drunk

I’M HERE BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL CON JOB ORCHESTRATED BY THE CLINTONS, GEORGE SOROS, KATHY GRIFFIN AND MR. RONAN SINATRA

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children

Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children

Thirty five children, four women, four paramedics and three journalists were among injuries

Maan News Agency

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem

Palestine Sues in Int’l Court of Justice to stop Trump move of Embassy to Contested Jerusalem

The ICJ was asked to declare that moving the embassy to occupied Jerusalem constituted a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt

Israeli Authorities call Real Madrid Team Indirect Terrorists for giving Ahed Tamimi a Shirt

According to top Spanish sports daily Marca, she was offered a Real Madrid jersey and posed for photos with Emilio Butragueno

AFP

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15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

15 Years after US Occupied Iraq, it is too Unsafe for Trump Admin to keep a Consulate There

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A little over 15 years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq on false pretences, the Department of State […]

Juan Cole

rape
Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake's Elevator to Alyssa Milano

Blasey Ford Cued Survivors to Speak out, from Jeff Flake’s Elevator to Alyssa Milano

there was a 201 percent increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline on Thursday

Charlotte Plantive

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers

Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a […]

Maan News Agency

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