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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

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Detroit’s Bankruptcy and America’s Future:  Robots, Race, Globalization and the 1%

Detroit’s Bankruptcy and America’s Future: Robots, Race, Globalization and the 1%

The big question is whether Detroit’s bankruptcy and likely further decline is a fluke or whether it tells us something about the dystopia that the […]

Juan Cole

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GOP to Poor American Kids:  Silly wabbits, Food Stamps are for Corporations! (Jamiol Cartoon)

GOP to Poor American Kids: Silly wabbits, Food Stamps are for Corporations! (Jamiol Cartoon)

The GOP-dominated House of Representatives has stripped food stamps from the farm bill, while supporting subsidies to agricultural corporations and lower taxes on the rich. […]

Juan Cole

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Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden

Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden

In an epic boxing match, we have in one corner 600 pound gorillas like Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), head of the House Intelligence Committee that […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Ways Egypt Actually Does deeply Matter to the United States

Top Ten Ways Egypt Actually Does deeply Matter to the United States

A Pew poll shows that far fewer Americans are following events in Egypt closely now than in January-February 2011. Actually, about the same percentage are […]

Juan Cole

CIA
Obama Administration Facing Congressional Rebellion, Civil Suits over NSA Surveillance

Obama Administration Facing Congressional Rebellion, Civil Suits over NSA Surveillance

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU, among other important civil society organizations, are suing the Federal government over the National Security Agency’s unconstitutional domestic […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Guna People of Panama's islands Flee rising Seas

Guna People of Panama’s islands Flee rising Seas

The indigenous community of the Guna (Kuna) live on islands off Panama and along a narrow strip of its coast, in the province of Guna […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
New Egyptian gov’t on being sworn in, Complains of Turkish Interference in Egyptian Affairs

New Egyptian gov’t on being sworn in, Complains of Turkish Interference in Egyptian Affairs

Egypt’s appointed interim President Adly Mansour swore in a cabinet of 33 ministers on Tuesday, including 3 women, 7 members of the National Salvation Front, […]

Juan Cole

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How America has Failed African-American Youth, by the Numbers

How America has Failed African-American Youth, by the Numbers

At age 25, 7.5 percent of whites are high school dropouts. At age 25, 14.4 percent of African-Americans are high school dropouts By age 25, […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Pussy Riot Protests Russian Oil Oligarchs and Putin

Pussy Riot Protests Russian Oil Oligarchs and Putin

The Russian Punk Rock band “Pussy Riot” has released a new video, Rolling Stone reports, entitled “Like a Red Prison,” in which they attack Russia’s […]

Juan Cole

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