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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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Media calls Election for Hillary before California: Superdelegate System under Fire

Media calls Election for Hillary before California: Superdelegate System under Fire

TeleSur | – – The prediction is likely to stir controversy among Sanders supporters and critics of the superdelegate system, which has been branded “anti-democratic.” […]

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Authoritarianism
Dear Graduates: We're Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It

Dear Graduates: We’re Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might […]

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Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration

Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration

By Manipadma Jena | (Inter Press Service) | – – Manipadma Jena interviews the director general of the International Organization for Migration, Wiliam Lacy Swing. […]

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Reproductive Choice
Turkish President:  Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors

Turkish President: Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors

By Arzu Geybullayeva | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – In the past 72 hours, international media coverage of Turkey has been replete with headlines such as […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Stymied by Syrian regime Sieges, UN planning Food Airdrops to 600K Civilians

Stymied by Syrian regime Sieges, UN planning Food Airdrops to 600K Civilians

By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The UN has begun plans to deliver aid to besieged Syrian […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Israel-First McCarthyism:  Cuomo's vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

Israel-First McCarthyism: Cuomo’s vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order directing the state to monitor and […]

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Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

TeleSur _ – – California is in its fifth year of a severe drought. While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lied to a crowd in […]

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Syrian Gov't Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

Syrian Gov’t Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian troops, aided by a Homs-based pro-government militia the ‘Falcons of the Desert’ and under the […]

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Not the Onion:  US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

Not the Onion: US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

TeleSur | – – The Russian foreign minister said his Washington counterpart asked Moscow not to target the extremist groups out of fear of hitting […]

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