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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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Is Brexit Really About Keeping Muslims Out?

Is Brexit Really About Keeping Muslims Out?

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | – – “The UK is about to vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union.” AJ+: […]

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Democratic Party
Occupy Congress? House Democrats Stage Sit-In to Force Vote on Gun Control

Occupy Congress? House Democrats Stage Sit-In to Force Vote on Gun Control

TeleSur | – – Democrats have been demanding changes to gun control policy in the wake of the Orlando club shooting. U.S. House Democrats staged […]

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$206 Mn. to Hate Groups to Promote anti-Muslim Sentiment

$206 Mn. to Hate Groups to Promote anti-Muslim Sentiment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and the Council on American Islamic Relations have […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Can we stop the Mediterranean from becoming a Refugee Graveyard?

Can we stop the Mediterranean from becoming a Refugee Graveyard?

By Adam Levenson | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Addresses the Syrian Refugee Crisis We are reminded about the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis […]

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Dissent
Erdogan loses appeal against German media re: Comedian who Satirized him

Erdogan loses appeal against German media re: Comedian who Satirized him

By EurActiv.com with AFP Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lost a German court battle against a top media boss when his appeal in a bitter […]

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Counter-Terrorism
Is Bombing Fallujah into Rubble from the air really a Winning Strategy?

Is Bombing Fallujah into Rubble from the air really a Winning Strategy?

By William J. Astore | (Via Tomdispatch.com ) | – – In the era of the long war on terror, Thursday, June 2nd, 2016, was […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Livni Slams Netanyahu, Calls for Israeli Referendum on Two-state Solution

Livni Slams Netanyahu, Calls for Israeli Referendum on Two-state Solution

By IMEMC | – – Zionist Union member of the Israeli parliament of the Knesset, Tzipi Livni, called for a referendum, Saturday afternoon, over what […]

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After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it's the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it’s the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump’s blatantly racist attacks on immigrants have all along had as their subtext the implication […]

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Domestic Terrorism
After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

By Saif Shahin | ( Foreign Policy in Focus/ Lobelog) | – – An analysis of the Twitter conversation over 12 hours on the day […]

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