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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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Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel and Campus Protests (Sea Change Radio)

Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I on Sea Change Radio with Alex Wise. Transcript below. Or listen here: Pro-Palestinian student protests are […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel wants to destroy Gaza and annex the West Bank, but what do the Palestinians want?

Israel wants to destroy Gaza and annex the West Bank, but what do the Palestinians want?

( Middle East Monitor) – What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict between more or less equals, but a straightforward case […]

Ramzy Baroud

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Washington U.: Protesting Severe Beating by Police of Prof. Steve Tamari, Arrest, Suspension of Faculty and Students

Washington U.: Protesting Severe Beating by Police of Prof. Steve Tamari, Arrest, Suspension of Faculty and Students

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Dr. Andrew Martin Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis admartin@wustl.edu . . . We write on […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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This Generation's Vietnam: Students are Protesting Israeli Genocide, meeting Media and Political Vilification

This Generation’s Vietnam: Students are Protesting Israeli Genocide, meeting Media and Political Vilification

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pitching Pro-Palestine protest encampments on their campuses, students risk their futures and physical safety by putting their bodies […]

Dan Dinello

Apartheid
Protesting Israel's Arrest and Continued Questioning of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Protesting Israel’s Arrest and Continued Questioning of Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Asher Cohen President, Hebrew University of Jerusalem . . . We write on behalf of the […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Donald Trump and O.J. Simpson: Testing the Limits of Justice

Donald Trump and O.J. Simpson: Testing the Limits of Justice

By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was the jokes about Trump’s rumored flatulence in the courtroom that pushed me toward despair. And don’t […]

Tomdispatch

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Turkey Suspends Trade with Israel over Gaza: Solidarity or Politics?

Turkey Suspends Trade with Israel over Gaza: Solidarity or Politics?

Turkey, Israel, boycott, Gaza

Volkan Isbasaran

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Romney Admits Push to Ban TikTok Is Aimed at Censoring News Out of Gaza

Romney Admits Push to Ban TikTok Is Aimed at Censoring News Out of Gaza

A conversation between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Republican senator offered an “incredible historical document” showing how the U.S. views its role in […]

Common Dreams

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Media Coverage of Campus Protests focuses on Spectacle, rather than Substance

Media Coverage of Campus Protests focuses on Spectacle, rather than Substance

By Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University | – Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively. For […]

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