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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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How Iran's Bread Riots turned anti-Systemic & what it means for the Future

How Iran’s Bread Riots turned anti-Systemic & what it means for the Future

Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran started 2018 with protest rallies and anti-riot police in many cities across the country. Public protests […]

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Arms Sales
Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?

Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?

Military-Industrial Complex Set for Huge Expansion

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Nearly a year after Trump bombed Syria, al-Assad and Russia extend control

Nearly a year after Trump bombed Syria, al-Assad and Russia extend control

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Syrian war limps along at the margins. It is over where it matters but continues […]

Juan Cole

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Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?

Burn Pits and Toxins: Are 800 US Bases abroad Scofflaw Polluters?

H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – My nephew, an Army veteran who spent most of his 20 plus years military service as […]

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Employment
Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

Tunisia: Austerity Protests roil Birthplace of Arab Spring

TeleSur | – – Protests have been taking place across the North African country over the past several nights in protest against government austerity measures […]

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Environment
EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

EVs are Better: Iranian oil tanker in East China Sea could burn for a month

Middle East Monitor | – – The stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea could burn for as long as one month, South […]

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Climate Change
Take That! NYC pulls $5 bn from Big Oil, Sues Majors for Climate Damage

Take That! NYC pulls $5 bn from Big Oil, Sues Majors for Climate Damage

Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – “We are taking the largest action by any city to confront the growing climate […]

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Donald Trump
Iran's Khamenei: Trump Unbalanced, Playing Crazy Games, but Iran policy will Fail

Iran’s Khamenei: Trump Unbalanced, Playing Crazy Games, but Iran policy will Fail

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s clerical leader, Ali Khamenei, gave a speech in Qom on Tuesday, in which he warned […]

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Neo-Nazi Game of Thrones: Bannon forced out at Breitbart

Neo-Nazi Game of Thrones: Bannon forced out at Breitbart

TeleSur | – – Steve Bannon resigned as chief executive of Breitbart News, the right-leaning website said on Tuesday The resignation occurred after the former […]

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