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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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Trump's Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee

Trump’s Travel Ban is to Keep US Snow White: Take it from a Chronic Interviewee

By Walden Bello | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – Trump’s ban isn’t about national security. It’s about race, religion, and cultural […]

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Trump's Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

Trump’s Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump on Monday continued to troll the world, this time by alleging at CENTCOM that the […]

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Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Israel’s parliament has passed a law to legalise about 4,000 squatter homes built on privately […]

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Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | – – WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has […]

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Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | – – I’m a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s […]

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Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

TeleSur | – – “An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor,” […]

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Culture
"This Land:"  The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time

“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – By beginning with Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” and then switching to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land […]

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Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?

Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?

By Allison Beth Hodgkins | (Informed Comment) | – – You have to hand to the civil society groups pushing back on the Trump administration’s […]

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Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump

Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump

By Barbara Elias | (Informed Comment) | – – For the moment, federal courts have interrupted the president’s immigration order. Judge Robart remarked in his […]

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