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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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Report:  Attacks on Iraqi Women are a War Tactic

Report: Attacks on Iraqi Women are a War Tactic

By Leila Lemghalef UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Iraqi women continue to be subject to physical, emotional and sexual violence, according to a new report by […]

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Antisemitism
Muslims form 'Ring of Peace' around Oslo Synagogue, after Denmark Attack

Muslims form ‘Ring of Peace’ around Oslo Synagogue, after Denmark Attack

Reuters | – “Norwegian Muslims form a human shield around a synagogue in Oslo, offering symbolic protection after an attack on a synagogue in neighboring […]

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Top 5 Reasons Palestinian-Israelis Could shape the Israeli Election

Top 5 Reasons Palestinian-Israelis Could shape the Israeli Election

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Israel, despite the attempts of current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to cast it as a monochrome “Jewish state,” […]

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Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

Negev Bedouin Resist Israeli Demolitions “To Show We Exist”

By Silvia Boarini AL ARAQIB, Negev Desert, Israel (IPS) – Lehavim Junction in the northern Negev in Israel has been the backdrop to protests against […]

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Corruption
Mother Jones Catches Bill O'Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Mother Jones Catches Bill O’Reilly Lying About Falkland Island War Coverage

Ben Mankiewicz, Jimmy Dore, John Iadarola, and Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – “After NBC News suspended anchor Brian Williams for erroneously claiming […]

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Post-Hostilities Gaza an 'Increasingly Toxic Environment' UN Warns

Post-Hostilities Gaza an ‘Increasingly Toxic Environment’ UN Warns

By IMEMC News & Agencies A top United Nations official warned, on Wednesday, of an ‘increasingly toxic environment’ in the besieged Gaza Strip and called […]

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Giuliani & Obama:  Immigrant Families and Really Loving America

Giuliani & Obama: Immigrant Families and Really Loving America

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Rudy Giuliani maintains that Barack Obama doesn’t love the United States of America because of the way he […]

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Oklahoma: AP History Abandoned For Christian Agenda

Oklahoma: AP History Abandoned For Christian Agenda

TheLipTV | – “An Oklahoma legislative committee just approved an “emergency” bill introduced by Representative Dan Fisher that would cut state funding for Advanced Placement […]

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War Porn: Hollywood and War from World War II to "American Sniper"

War Porn: Hollywood and War from World War II to “American Sniper”

By Peter Van Buren | (Tomdispatch.com) – In the age of the all-volunteer military and an endless stream of war zone losses and ties, it […]

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