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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

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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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The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican

The Pope Says Yes to Palestine: Embassy Opens in Vatican

TeleSur | – – On Saturday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Pope Francis to inaugurate Palestine’s first embassy to the Holy See ahead of […]

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Donald Trump
From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?

From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The headlines about Trump and his team on the one hand and the Russian Federation on […]

Juan Cole

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2017:  The Rise of the Demagogues:  Trump & the Euro-Populists

2017: The Rise of the Demagogues: Trump & the Euro-Populists

Human Rights Watch | – – (Washington, DC) – The rise of populist leaders in the United States and Europe poses a dangerous threat to […]

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Barack Obama
Assange Agrees to Extradition if US Releases Chelsea Manning

Assange Agrees to Extradition if US Releases Chelsea Manning

TeleSur | – – Manning is currently serving a 35-year sentence in solitary confinement for handing over 700,000 sensitive documents from the U.S. State Department. […]

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Foreign Policy
Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?

Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?

Mustafa Habib| (Niqash.org) | – – The border of Syria and Iraq looks likely to be the next testing ground for the newly conciliatory – […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
All the President's Deniers

All the President’s Deniers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – This week, we’ve seen a parade of Donald J. Trump’s far-right cabinet appointees attempting to tone […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliament self-boycotts by seeking to Ban BDS Supporters from Israel

Israeli Parliament self-boycotts by seeking to Ban BDS Supporters from Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Knesset committee approved on Wednesday a first reading of a bill that would ban supporters […]

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Donald Trump
The US media pack needs to rediscover its teeth, for the Sake of Democracy

The US media pack needs to rediscover its teeth, for the Sake of Democracy

By Carmel O’Toole | (The Conversation) | – – In the style of some thuggish boxing promoter at a weigh in, the US president-elect, Donald […]

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Donald Trump
The Russian Honeypot: Putin has had big plans for Donald Trump

The Russian Honeypot: Putin has had big plans for Donald Trump

By John Feffer | Foreign Policy in Focus | – – [I wrote this article about Russian efforts to cultivate Donald Trump as an asset […]

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