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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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Why we're addicted to Fatal Oil, even when Costlier than Solar

Why we’re addicted to Fatal Oil, even when Costlier than Solar

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Here’s the good news: wind power, solar power, and other renewable forms of energy […]

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Iraq
Iraq: As ISIL loses land, it is Terrorizing to provoke Sectarian Fighting

Iraq: As ISIL loses land, it is Terrorizing to provoke Sectarian Fighting

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – It is slowly becoming clear that the extremist Islamic State group is returning to its […]

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Turkish People Power foils attempted Coup

Turkish People Power foils attempted Coup

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The poorly planned junior officers’ coup in Turkey on Friday appears to have failed as I […]

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Nice, France, Attack:  A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers

Nice, France, Attack: A Gandhian Response to Serial Killers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has extended the French state of emergency, which suspends key civil […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Kerry Proposing Joint US-Russian Airstrikes against Extremists in Syria

Kerry Proposing Joint US-Russian Airstrikes against Extremists in Syria

TeleSur | – – According to a leaked U.S. plan, Washington and Moscow would merge their respective air campaigns against non-state armed groups in Syria. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Report: Israeli forces torch olive trees on private Palestinian land

Report: Israeli forces torch olive trees on private Palestinian land

Ma’an News Agency | – – HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have reportedly torched 10 dunams (2.5 acres) of land planted with olive trees south […]

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Bill of Rights
Can Americans get back their Democracy from the Oligarchy?

Can Americans get back their Democracy from the Oligarchy?

By John Scales Avery | (Inter Press Service) | – – COPENHAGEN, (IPS) – As many observers around the world have pointed out, the United […]

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A Story of Two Syrian Sieges: Manbij and East Aleppo

A Story of Two Syrian Sieges: Manbij and East Aleppo

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The relatively even-handed Arabic newspaper Oman reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces (a mixed Kurdish and […]

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Iran
Iranian Fighters in Syria Hailed as Martyrs, Shrine-Defenders by Hard Liners

Iranian Fighters in Syria Hailed as Martyrs, Shrine-Defenders by Hard Liners

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) | – – In late May, Iranian state and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officials turned out in force at […]

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