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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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If Israel continues War on Gaza for 6 Months, death toll will Exceed 100,000 from Trauma and Disease: Public Health Study

If Israel continues War on Gaza for 6 Months, death toll will Exceed 100,000 from Trauma and Disease: Public Health Study

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections, a joint report by the the London School of Hygiene and Tropical […]

Juan Cole

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Could the Int'l Court of Justice find that Israel's 56-year Occupation of Palestine is the Crime of Apartheid?

Could the Int’l Court of Justice find that Israel’s 56-year Occupation of Palestine is the Crime of Apartheid?

by Rabia Ali ( Middle East Monitor ) – Emotions ran high yesterday as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) started its hearing on Israel’s […]

Middle East Monitor

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A Single Antarctic heatwave or storm can Noticeably Raise the Sea Level

A Single Antarctic heatwave or storm can Noticeably Raise the Sea Level

By Edward Hanna

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Displaced and Refugees
UN Human Rights Experts Blast Israel over "credible" Reports of Rape, Sexual Abuse, Arbitrary Imprisonment of Palestinian Women

UN Human Rights Experts Blast Israel over “credible” Reports of Rape, Sexual Abuse, Arbitrary Imprisonment of Palestinian Women

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli Newspaper Arab 48 reports that United Nations officials have expressed the utmost anxiety about information that has reached […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Destruction of Gaza's Historic Buildings is an act of 'Urbicide'

The Destruction of Gaza’s Historic Buildings is an act of ‘Urbicide’

By Yousif Al-Daffaie, Nottingham Trent University | – Buildings are often celebrated as symbols of history, political events and creative expression. However, the simplest, most […]

The Conversation

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AI Behavior, Human Destiny and the Rise of the Killer Robots

AI Behavior, Human Destiny and the Rise of the Killer Robots

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, it’s already time to be worried — very worried. As the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have shown, the earliest […]

Michael T. Klare

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Biden, tired of being "Genocide Joe," Finally Blinks, will push UN Resolution for Temporary Gaza Ceasefire

Biden, tired of being “Genocide Joe,” Finally Blinks, will push UN Resolution for Temporary Gaza Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian says he has seen a draft US proposal for a United Nations Security Council calling […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's War on the Bodies of Palestinian Women

Israel’s War on the Bodies of Palestinian Women

Written byRaseef22 Read this post in українська   Freed Palestinian prisoner Ruba Assi was welcomed as a hero upon her release in the prisoner exchange […]

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Fighting Climate Change by Halting Overfishing

Fighting Climate Change by Halting Overfishing

By Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia | – Amid the escalating threats of a warming world, and with the latest annual United Nations global […]

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