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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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Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt’s Crackdown on Dissent

Journalists Pay the Price in Egypt’s Crackdown on Dissent

By Kitty Stapp | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – The Egyptian government is holding a record number of journalists in jail, a press freedom […]

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Barack Obama
Top Five ways for Washington to Fail in Iraq

Top Five ways for Washington to Fail in Iraq

By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – In one form or another, the U.S. has been at war with Iraq since 1990, including […]

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Constitution
America's Homegrown Extremists Twice as Deadly as Muslim Radicals

America’s Homegrown Extremists Twice as Deadly as Muslim Radicals

AJ+ | (Video report) | – “Homegrown groups with no connection to Islam have killed almost twice as many people as Muslim groups, according to […]

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Climate Change
Humans Causing the Sixth Great Extinction of other Life Forms, on which we Depend

Humans Causing the Sixth Great Extinction of other Life Forms, on which we Depend

By Gerardo Ceballos | (The Conversation) | – – Vitus Bering, the famous explorer, led perhaps the most ambitious scientific expedition ever in the 1730s. […]

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African-Americans
If Southerners want a Symbol, Why not the Moultrie Liberty Flag?

If Southerners want a Symbol, Why not the Moultrie Liberty Flag?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — There was a rash of Confederate flag removals on Wednesday. The governor of Alabama had it removed […]

Juan Cole

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Will Iraq Be Libya?  Can the Shiite Militiamen Avoid Turning on Each Other?

Will Iraq Be Libya? Can the Shiite Militiamen Avoid Turning on Each Other?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – – Iraq’s Shiite militias have been celebrated and criticised. Now, as differences in everything from weapons to leadership […]

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Apartheid
Palestinian Member of Israeli Parliament will join Gaza Aid Flotilla, Risks loss of Immunity

Palestinian Member of Israeli Parliament will join Gaza Aid Flotilla, Risks loss of Immunity

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Arab MK [Member of Knesset or Parliament] Basel Ghattas said this week that threats by fellow […]

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Climate Change
As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change

As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pakistan is in the midst of an extreme heat wave with highs around 110 degrees F., […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?

Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?

By Alfred L Brophy | (The Conversation) | – The tragedy in Charleston has revived the movement to take the Confederate battle flag from the […]

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