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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

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Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report

Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report

The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. […]

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Yemen
Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen

Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen

Sanaa (AFP) – More than five million children are threatened by famine in war-torn Yemen as prices soar, a charity said Wednesday, warning an entire […]

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Trump’s China Tariffs on Solar backfire; American Natural Gas hurt, as US PV sales Soar

(Informed Comment) – President Donald Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese-made solar panels turns out not to have had as severe an impact on the industry […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Cost of Exposing Israel's Illegal Squatter Settlements

The Cost of Exposing Israel’s Illegal Squatter Settlements

Activists Face Intimidation, Violence, and Arrest for Peaceful Protests

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Left Politics
Bernie Sanders & Yanis Varoufakis call for Progressive Front against Trump’s Neo-Fascist International

Bernie Sanders & Yanis Varoufakis call for Progressive Front against Trump’s Neo-Fascist International

By Luis Martín | – Via OpenDemocracy.net Calling on progressives worldwide to form an international movement to combat the rise of authoritarianism represented by Donald […]

Open Democracy

Yemen
Yemen's Descent into Hell:  A Saudi-American War of Terror

Yemen’s Descent into Hell: A Saudi-American War of Terror

(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s the war from hell, the savage one that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with seven other Middle Eastern and […]

Rajan Menon

Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA

Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA

New York (AFP) – They arrived in New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017, leaving widespread devastation in […]

Ceclia Butini

Donald Trump
US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000

US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the Trump administration would slash refugee admissions to 30,000 in 2019, down from 45,000 in 2018 and […]

Juan Cole

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Rape:  The Credibility of the Accusers

Rape: The Credibility of the Accusers

(Informed Comment) – When a psychology professor stepped forward to share her story of an alleged assault by the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, more […]

Gail Ukockis

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