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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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Obama & Airstrikes to Protect Iraqi Kurds:  1991 Deja Vu all Over Again

Obama & Airstrikes to Protect Iraqi Kurds: 1991 Deja Vu all Over Again

By Juan Cole During the Gulf War in early 1991, then-president George H. W. Bush called on Iraqis to rise up against Saddam Hussein and […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
With Warming Lake Water, Toledo's Algae Problem will Get Worse

With Warming Lake Water, Toledo’s Algae Problem will Get Worse

PBS News Hour: “Conversation with Richard Stumpf of NOAA on the science behind the algal bloom.” Stumpf points out that the algae like war water […]

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Apartheid
A Discourse of sexualized violence rises among the Israel Firsters, including on Bill Maher

A Discourse of sexualized violence rises among the Israel Firsters, including on Bill Maher

By Alex Shams BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — As the bombs have been falling on Gaza over the past four weeks, another war has been ongoing for […]

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Africa
Gaza Crisis Spills Into Nigeria

Gaza Crisis Spills Into Nigeria

by Allan Christelow On Friday, July 25, in the city of Zaria, a procession of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria came into conflict with Nigerian […]

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Apartheid
Israel, Gaza, and the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment Movement

Israel, Gaza, and the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment Movement

AJ+ “Israel’s month-long assault on Gaza has over 1900 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians. It has sparked condemnation by the UN and of course on twitter. […]

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American Jews
Is Zionism/ Jewish Nationalism a Political Cult?  The Salaita Firing

Is Zionism/ Jewish Nationalism a Political Cult? The Salaita Firing

By Juan Cole Liberal politics in the broad sense, in the tradition of Locke, Voltaire, Madison, Jefferson and John Stuart Mill, is rooted in a […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israel caused $5 billion in damage to Gaza, 40,000 Homes Destroyed or Damaged

Israel caused $5 billion in damage to Gaza, 40,000 Homes Destroyed or Damaged

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s offensive on Gaza has caused over $5 billion of damage to homes and infrastructure in the Strip, the Minister of Public […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Shot down Fleeing Civilians (Stories begin to Leak out) - HRW

Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Shot down Fleeing Civilians (Stories begin to Leak out) – HRW

By Human Rights Watch When will there be justice for the civilians in Khuza’a, who suffered shelling for days, then faced deadly attacks by Israeli […]

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National Security State
Hiroshima Taught us that the "National Security State" isn't about Security for us  (Noam Chomsky)

Hiroshima Taught us that the “National Security State” isn’t about Security for us (Noam Chomsky)

By Noam Chomsky via Tomdispatch.com If some extraterrestrial species were compiling a history of Homo sapiens, they might well break their calendar into two eras: […]

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