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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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Countering Turkish Propaganda, Pentagon reports 150 ISIL Killed in Airstrikes

Countering Turkish Propaganda, Pentagon reports 150 ISIL Killed in Airstrikes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The front page news today that US and coalition aircraft (mostly American joined by French and […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump slashes funding to most vulnerable Palestinians, children (UNRWA)

Trump slashes funding to most vulnerable Palestinians, children (UNRWA)

By Anne Irfan | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration has announced that it will drastically cut its donations to the UN Relief […]

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The Norwegians are Coming! The Norwegians are Coming!

The Norwegians are Coming! The Norwegians are Coming!

By Ann Jones | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – In the past couple of weeks, thanks to the president’s racist comments about Haiti and African […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank join Gaza in General Strike to protest Pence

Palestinians in Jerusalem and West Bank join Gaza in General Strike to protest Pence

IMEMC | – – As U.S. Vice President and Christian Zionist Mike Pence visited Jerusalem Tuesday, Palestinian stores and businesses across the city and across […]

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Arab World
Jordan's King Abdullah warns Pence-Trump of Major instability over Jerusalem

Jordan’s King Abdullah warns Pence-Trump of Major instability over Jerusalem

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Political scientist John Mearsheimer wrote a book on the tragedy of great power politics. While that […]

Juan Cole

Pentagon
Top Trump officials, in Syria's Raqqa, vow "Stabilization" w/out "Reconstruction"

Top Trump officials, in Syria’s Raqqa, vow “Stabilization” w/out “Reconstruction”

Middle East Monitor | – – The US government’s aid chief, Mark Green, made an unannounced visit to Raqqa in Syria on Monday, the most […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
World's Richest 1% Acquired 82% of Wealth in 2017: Report

World’s Richest 1% Acquired 82% of Wealth in 2017: Report

TeleSur | – – Only 42 people own the same amount of wealth as the poorest 50 percent worldwide, the report claimed. Nearly 82 percent […]

Juan Cole

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Trump Year 2: We refuse to be Terrorized

Trump Year 2: We refuse to be Terrorized

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | – A little over a year ago at TomDispatch I wrote about the bloody nightmares rupturing my sleep and the night […]

Rebecca Gordon

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Turkey launches Land invasion of Syria, Calls France opposition "Terrorism"

Turkey launches Land invasion of Syria, Calls France opposition “Terrorism”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Arabic reports that Turkey has launched a land invasion of the Kurdish-majority Afrin canton in […]

Juan Cole

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