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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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As Palestinian Children Die of Hunger, US blows ineffectual Kisses with Air Drop

As Palestinian Children Die of Hunger, US blows ineffectual Kisses with Air Drop

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The known deaths from starvation of Palestinian children in Gaza hospitals rose to 16 on Monday. This is a fraction […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Record Low 3% Great Lakes Ice Coverage during Usual Peak Period

Climate Crisis: Record Low 3% Great Lakes Ice Coverage during Usual Peak Period

By: Kyle Davidson – As much of the Great Lakes region experiences its warmest winter on record, and more record high temperatures are expected in […]

Michigan Advance

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Israeli Peace Activists agree War must end with some form of Democracy for All

Israeli Peace Activists agree War must end with some form of Democracy for All

By Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – The months since Hamas’ attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, have been excruciating ones […]

The Conversation

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Is Tehran Winning the Middle East? How the Gaza Conflict Made Democracy's Name Mud for Millions

Is Tehran Winning the Middle East? How the Gaza Conflict Made Democracy’s Name Mud for Millions

Here is my latest column for Tomdispatch.com. Do check out Tom Engelhardt’s important introduction over there at the original site. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
To Defend Israel's Actions, the US is Destroying the Int'l Legal System it once Constructed

To Defend Israel’s Actions, the US is Destroying the Int’l Legal System it once Constructed

( Middle East Monitor ) – In a conversation in 2020 with Princeton Professor Emeritus, Richard Falk, he told me that historically, colonised nations that […]

Ramzy Baroud

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The War in Gaza is wiping out Palestine's Education and Knowledge Systems

The War in Gaza is wiping out Palestine’s Education and Knowledge Systems

By Chandni Desai, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – Gaza’s education system has suffered significantly since Israel’s bombardment and assault on the strip […]

The Conversation

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War, Trauma, and Forgetting

War, Trauma, and Forgetting

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Our memories are often suppressed by trauma, a word derived from “Traumatiko”, a wound or mental shock. […]

Hugh J. Curran

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians of Gaza are Starving:  Don't Cut Aid

Palestinians of Gaza are Starving: Don’t Cut Aid

By Phyllis Bennis | ( Otherwords.org ) – Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide. […]

OtherWords

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My Malaysia Ordeal shows how Religion can Fuse with Nationalism to Silence Dissent

My Malaysia Ordeal shows how Religion can Fuse with Nationalism to Silence Dissent

By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – (The Conversation) – I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a […]

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