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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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Iran reaps the benefits, as US and Saudi Flounder in ME

Iran reaps the benefits, as US and Saudi Flounder in ME

By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – The Islamic republic of Iran starts 2017 in a strong regional position, much to the annoyance […]

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Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands

Rebuking Fundamentalists, Funeral for Palestinian-Israeli Istanbul Victim draws Thousands

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the thirty-nine victims of the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) shooting at the Reina nightclub in […]

Juan Cole

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Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?

Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?

By Emilio Godoy | (Inter Press Service) | – – LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA , Jan 4 2017 (IPS) – Earl Hatley, a descendant of […]

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Authoritarianism
Some Animals are Better:  An American Version of the One-Party State

Some Animals are Better: An American Version of the One-Party State

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Know thyself. It was what came to mind in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Some Israeli Officials Backing ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ disarmed Palestinian Suspects

Some Israeli Officials Backing ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ disarmed Palestinian Suspects

Human Rights Watch | – – Calls for Extrajudicial Killings of Palestinian Suspects Proliferate (New York) – Some senior Israeli officials have been encouraging Israeli […]

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Donald Trump
Iran confident Trump's bond with Putin will Benefit it, too

Iran confident Trump’s bond with Putin will Benefit it, too

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iran’s pundits are confident that the country is sitting in the catbird seat. They are elated […]

Juan Cole

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Turkey's Syrian blowback

Turkey’s Syrian blowback

London (Informed Comment) – With the New Year terrorist attack in Istanbul now being claimed by the Islamic State (IS) movement, it is clear that […]

Neil Thompson

Dissent
Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump's Deportation Plans?

Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump’s Deportation Plans?

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Cost, impossible logistics, political opposition, and community resistance could spell the end of the president-elect’s […]

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Donald Trump
GOP Russia Hawks attack Trump:  McCain Says he Must 'Stand Up' to Putin

GOP Russia Hawks attack Trump: McCain Says he Must ‘Stand Up’ to Putin

TeleSur | – – On Friday, Trump congratulated Putin for not retaliating to Obama’s expulsions. On the same day a top aide to President-elect Donald […]

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