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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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Climate Change
Not Fighting Climate Change cost $1.5 Trillion Last Year & it is only the Beginning

Not Fighting Climate Change cost $1.5 Trillion Last Year & it is only the Beginning

By Mark Trahant | ( TrahantReports.com ) | – – The Trump administration, and its allies in Congress, are fighting a losing war. They continue […]

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Displaced and Refugees
UN Slams Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Atrocities in Yemen

UN Slams Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Atrocities in Yemen

TeleSur | – – Widespread destruction from the U.S-backed Saudi airstrikes has displaced over a million people in the region. A U.N. report on human […]

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Africa
What Africa taught the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What Africa taught the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In 1957 Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta went to Ghana in connection with its […]

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Economy
The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class

The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class

By Jim Hightower | (Otherwords.org) | – – The middle class was built by movements — and can be rebuilt by movements. Ever since 1776, […]

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Authoritarianism
Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov't over demand he surrender Billions

Saudi Prince Alwaleed in talks with gov’t over demand he surrender Billions

Middle East Monitor | – – Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor

Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor

Military Court to Decide if Ahed Tamimi to Be Released on Bail

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Arab Spring
The Tunisian revolution seven years on

The Tunisian revolution seven years on

By Lakhdar Ghettas | (OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Seven years after the Tunisian revolution one can dissect four main conflict issues in Tunisia today. A […]

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Donald Trump
Impeachable Offense?  Trump golfs while Hawaiians endure Nuclear Panic

Impeachable Offense? Trump golfs while Hawaiians endure Nuclear Panic

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A false alert was sent out by the state of Hawaii on Saturday to residents’ cell […]

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Trumpist UK Thugs waving US Flags try to Apprehend London's Muslim Mayor

Trumpist UK Thugs waving US Flags try to Apprehend London’s Muslim Mayor

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – London Mayor Sadiq Khan was about to begin a speech on gender equality to the leftist […]

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