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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 […]

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

The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it

The Middle East faces Climate Breakdown, but its Media ignores it

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Barzani:  Kurdish Rule To Stay In Kirkuk

Barzani: Kurdish Rule To Stay In Kirkuk

Via RFE/RL Iraqi Kurdish leader Masud Barzani has said that there is no going back on autonomous Kurdish rule in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk […]

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The Fate of Dissenters in Al-Sisi's Egypt: The New "Disappeared"

The Fate of Dissenters in Al-Sisi’s Egypt: The New “Disappeared”

By Jihad Abaza As Abdel Fattah el-Sissi assumes his new role as Egypt’s president, enforced disappearances are on the rise in the Middle East’s most […]

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20% of Britain's Electricity is now from Renewables Despite Tory Hostility

20% of Britain’s Electricity is now from Renewables Despite Tory Hostility

By Joshua S Hill New figures published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that 19.4% of the UK’s electricity mix […]

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UN to Detroit: Denial of Water to Thousands 'Violates Human Rights'

UN to Detroit: Denial of Water to Thousands 'Violates Human Rights'

By Sarah Lazare Experts slam city's aggressive drive to disconnect water from residents who are unable to pay United Nations experts declared Wednesday that the […]

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Baghdad Strikes Back:  Al-Maliki Launches Battle for Tikrit

Baghdad Strikes Back: Al-Maliki Launches Battle for Tikrit

By Juan Cole Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is fighting for his political life as well as for the territorial integrity of Iraq. On Saturday he […]

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Democracy
A Subtle Alchemy: US Finds it easier to Occupy Abroad than to Withdraw

A Subtle Alchemy: US Finds it easier to Occupy Abroad than to Withdraw

By Alan McPherson In 2003, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld infamously foresaw victory in Afghanistan and Iraq as demanding a “long, hard slog” and […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Mosul's Child Soldiers: ISIS Trickily recruits 10-year-olds

Iraqi Mosul’s Child Soldiers: ISIS Trickily recruits 10-year-olds

niqash | Special Correspondent | Mosul | Much to the horror of the city’s adults, children and teens in masks, carrying guns, are becoming an […]

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Hizbullah
Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon's Hizbullah

Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon’s Hizbullah

By Radwan Mortada The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has decided to instigate a full-scale conflagration in Lebanon. All indications show that the […]

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Barack Obama
Clinton to Cheney:  Blaming Obama for not cleaning up your mess… Unseemly

Clinton to Cheney: Blaming Obama for not cleaning up your mess… Unseemly

During recent interview with David Gregory, Pres. Bill Clinton laughed off Dick Cheney’s suggestion that President Obama is to blame for the strife in Iraq, […]

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