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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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How Iran's Protests could hit the Wider Middle East

How Iran’s Protests could hit the Wider Middle East

By Josepha Ivanka Wessels | (The Conversation) | – – Roiling more than a dozen major cities, young Iranians are protesting against the country’s government. […]

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Authoritarianism
No Normalization: All the Fascist Highlights Trump still Hits

No Normalization: All the Fascist Highlights Trump still Hits

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fascism as a political ideology is difficult to define, in part because it usually contains a […]

Juan Cole

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You may not have liked the past Year but the Arms Industry Loved It

You may not have liked the past Year but the Arms Industry Loved It

By Harry Blain | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Half of Pentagon spending goes to contractors, the military budget is set to skyrocket, […]

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Donald Trump
Palestine on Trump Aid Cut Threat: ‘We Won’t Be Blackmailed’

Palestine on Trump Aid Cut Threat: ‘We Won’t Be Blackmailed’

Palestinian rights are not for sale

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Israel/ Palestine
16 yr old Ahed Tamimi indicted for slapping an Israeli soldier

16 yr old Ahed Tamimi indicted for slapping an Israeli soldier

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli military court on Monday indicted 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi on 12 charges, including […]

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China
Dragon Ascendant:  Green China, not Red China, increasingly Bestrides the World

Dragon Ascendant: Green China, not Red China, increasingly Bestrides the World

Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | – – “Surpass Britain and catch up with America” was one of the more idealistic slogans put about by […]

Neil Thompson

Authoritarianism
Putin’s Medieval Romanticism and Russia's Lurch Right

Putin’s Medieval Romanticism and Russia’s Lurch Right

Dina Khapaeva | (Project Syndicate) | – – As much of the world makes amends for social and political injustices of the past, Russia is […]

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Donald Trump
US counter terror air strikes doubled in Trump's first year

US counter terror air strikes doubled in Trump’s first year

Jessica Purkiss , Jack Serle , Abigail Fielding-Smith | ( The Bureau of Investigative Journalism) | – – The number of US air strikes jumped […]

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America's Biggest Mideast Foreign Policy Challenges in 2018

America’s Biggest Mideast Foreign Policy Challenges in 2018

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In some ways, the United States faces a more favorable foreign policy environment in 2018 than […]

Juan Cole

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