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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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Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan has described Islamic Scholar Fethullah Gülen as a ‘false prophet’ without naming him, which comes as the latest move in the dispute […]

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The Human Cost of Income Inequality in America

The Human Cost of Income Inequality in America

BBC: “What does Income Inequality mean for Americans?”

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Despite Reform Pledges, Rouhani's Iran remains Human Rights Nightmare

Despite Reform Pledges, Rouhani’s Iran remains Human Rights Nightmare

(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Beirut) – Iranians are facing serious rights abuses, despite President Hassan Rouhani’s numerous promises to respect people’s rights following his June […]

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censorship
Only post-Snowden did FISA Court even Consider if NSA Bulk Phone Collection is Legal

Only post-Snowden did FISA Court even Consider if NSA Bulk Phone Collection is Legal

(By Michael Masnick) FISA Court Waited Until After Snowden Leaks To Actually Explore If Bulk Phone Record Collection Was Legal (via Techdirt) One of the […]

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Arab Spring
54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

(by Juan Cole) January 25 marked the third anniversary of the revolution that overthrew dictator Hosni Mubarak, and Egyptians observed it in three distinctively different […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
The Real Irony of Rep. Harman being interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

The Real Irony of Rep. Harman being interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

(By Juan Cole) MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell interrupts former Rep. Jane Harman, speaking on NSA surveillance from Davos, for breaking news about Justin Bieber’s DUI arrest […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Why Tunisia's Transition to Democracy is Succeeding while Egypt Falters

Why Tunisia’s Transition to Democracy is Succeeding while Egypt Falters

(By Juan Cole) On Sunday, Tunisia’s parliament will vote on the final text of the new constitution. If it passes by a two-thirds vote, the […]

Juan Cole

China
China Installed More Solar Power in 2013 than the US has in its Whole History

China Installed More Solar Power in 2013 than the US has in its Whole History

(By Joshua S. Hill) China’s Solar Market Beat All Expectations For 2013 (via Clean Technica) Despite predictions all through 2013 suggesting that Japan would walk […]

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Human Rights
Israel's KKK:  Violent Squatters increasingly Attacking Palestinians

Israel’s KKK: Violent Squatters increasingly Attacking Palestinians

(By César Chelala) Increasing acts of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories have been repeatedly denounced. Together with the increasing number […]

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