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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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Aaron Bushnell Sacrificed himself to Stop Gaza Genocide: "I won't be Complicit"

Aaron Bushnell Sacrificed himself to Stop Gaza Genocide: “I won’t be Complicit”

Connecticut (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Despondence, mixed with commitment, courage, and action, can be a starter for epochal change. Aaron Bushnell set himself […]

Azam Saeed

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Islamophobia: Defending Rutgers’ Center for Security, Race and Rights from Senate Judiciary Committee

Islamophobia: Defending Rutgers’ Center for Security, Race and Rights from Senate Judiciary Committee

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | Senator Richard Durbin Chair, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate fax: […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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How Climate Change is Messing up the Ocean’s Biological Clock, a Potential Catastrophe

How Climate Change is Messing up the Ocean’s Biological Clock, a Potential Catastrophe

By Frédéric Cyr, Memorial University of Newfoundland | – Every year in the mid-latitudes of the planet, a peculiar phenomenon known as the phytoplankton spring […]

The Conversation

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Black Thursday: Israel's Great Flour Massacre in Gaza kills over 100 Civilians, wounds Hundreds

Black Thursday: Israel’s Great Flour Massacre in Gaza kills over 100 Civilians, wounds Hundreds

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports on the Great Flour Massacre committed by the Israeli army […]

Juan Cole

International Court of Justice
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case

Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case

( Human Rights Watch ) – (The Hague, February 26, 2024) – The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in […]

Human Rights Watch

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When it Comes to Trump, Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied.

When it Comes to Trump, Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1868, British Prime Minister William Gladstone famously said, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” The phrase has often been repeated here […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Half a Million People in Gaza face Starvation, as 1 in 6 Children are Wasting Away

Half a Million People in Gaza face Starvation, as 1 in 6 Children are Wasting Away

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israel only allowed half as many aid trucks into […]

Juan Cole

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Is the Int'l Community concluding it is Time to End the World's Longest Occcupation?

Is the Int’l Community concluding it is Time to End the World’s Longest Occcupation?

( Middle East Monitor) – Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom. In the past, though, some people, whether in […]

Ramzy Baroud

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More than 100,000 Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that Matter for November?

More than 100,000 Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that Matter for November?

By Michael Traugott, University of Michigan | – Joe Biden won the 2024 Michigan Democratic primary, but “uncommitted” ran a spirited campaign. More than 100,000 […]

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