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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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US Pentagon will Keep fighting in Syria until they win the Vietnam War

US Pentagon will Keep fighting in Syria until they win the Vietnam War

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Vietnam: it’s always there. Looming in the past, informing American futures. A 50-year-old war, once labeled […]

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Donald Trump
"Human Rights" highly Selective in Trump's first Year

“Human Rights” highly Selective in Trump’s first Year

Administration’s Middle East Foreign Policy Dismissive of Rights Values Elisa Epstein, Advocacy Coordinator | ( Human Rights Watch) | – – Senior US officials have […]

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In the Age of Big Climate Change we have to stop Farting Carbon

In the Age of Big Climate Change we have to stop Farting Carbon

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This past year is what the era of Big Climate Change looks like. We are only […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban Massacres nearly 100, wounds150 in Kabul

Afghanistan: Taliban Massacres nearly 100, wounds150 in Kabul

TeleSur | – – The explosion took place in an area near many embassies and government buildings. A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at […]

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Corruption
Blood oil: more than half of the oil traded across the world has been stolen

Blood oil: more than half of the oil traded across the world has been stolen

By Leif Wenar | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump tweeted something true recently. Responding to the protests in Iran, the US president stated […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Camel Contestants in Saudi Pageant busted for Botox

Camel Contestants in Saudi Pageant busted for Botox

By Daniel Martin Varisco | MENA Tidningen | – – The camel, once referred to as the “ship of the desert” for the Arabian Peninsula, […]

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Donald Trump
Many in Press fall for Trump's non-apology on retweet of anti-Muslim Hate

Many in Press fall for Trump’s non-apology on retweet of anti-Muslim Hate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In the course of Trump’s softball interview with his friend Piers Morgan, he said he’d be […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Defying Trump, Multinational Companies going to 100% Green Energy in Droves

Defying Trump, Multinational Companies going to 100% Green Energy in Droves

By Frédéric Simon | EURACTIV.com | – – Renewables are becoming the energy source of choice for corporate electricity users, according to a new report […]

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Why Don't Syria, Iran, Iraq And Turkey Want A Kurdistan? (Video)

Why Don’t Syria, Iran, Iraq And Turkey Want A Kurdistan? (Video)

Kurds, nationalism, separatism, Middle East

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