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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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Media Ignores Climate Change Background of Increased Flooding (Media Matters Short)

Media Ignores Climate Change Background of Increased Flooding (Media Matters Short)

As The Scientific American noted a couple of years ago: In a 2011 study published in Nature, “. . . researchers examined daily records of […]

Juan Cole

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Checkpoint: The Every Day Life of Humiliation for Palestinians (Short Documentary)

Checkpoint: The Every Day Life of Humiliation for Palestinians (Short Documentary)

Checkpoint – Every Day Life in Palestine Documentary ( Subtitles ) ” Published on Apr 27, 2013 A film showing the day to day reality […]

Juan Cole

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Taliban Attack UN Agency in Kabul, Wounding 7

Taliban Attack UN Agency in Kabul, Wounding 7

The Taliban launched a major attack in the capital of Kabul on Friday, injuring 7 people with a car bomb at the International office of […]

Juan Cole

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Civil Disobedience and Jail Time for Opposing Big Oil: Tim DeChristopher (Moyers Interview)

Civil Disobedience and Jail Time for Opposing Big Oil: Tim DeChristopher (Moyers Interview)

Bill Moyers interviews Tim DeChristopher, leader of Peaceful Uprising, who just got out of jail after serving a two-year sentence for peacefully disrupting an oil […]

Juan Cole

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Nice Speech on Closing Gitmo, Mr. President; but It’s still Open (Schanzer)

David Schanzer writes at Islamicommentary: David Schanzer In his speech at the National Defense University, President Obama made his most impassioned and compelling argument to […]

Juan Cole

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My Visit to the Iraqi National Museum (Photo Gallery)

My Visit to the Iraqi National Museum (Photo Gallery)

Here is a photo gallery from my visit on May 9, 2013, to the Iraqi National Museum, courtesy the Ministry of Culture. Ancient Iraq or […]

Juan Cole

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"If you Eat a 2000 Hamburgers in the Name of Vegetarianism, You aren't an Extremist Vegetarian"; Nabil responds to Woolwich Murder

“If you Eat a 2000 Hamburgers in the Name of Vegetarianism, You aren’t an Extremist Vegetarian”; Nabil responds to Woolwich Murder

Nabil goes in: A British Muslim responds to the Woolwich murder in which Lee Rigby, 25, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was […]

Juan Cole

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When Politicians promise 'Lower Taxes' they are promising Collapsed Bridges

When Politicians promise ‘Lower Taxes’ they are promising Collapsed Bridges

The next time you hear politicians campaigning on “lower taxes,” you should realize two things. First, they don’t intend to lower your taxes, which are […]

Juan Cole

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President Obama and Counter-Terrorism:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

President Obama and Counter-Terrorism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Here are the good, the bad and the ugly things in President Obama’s important speech on counter-terrorism Thursday, and in the off-stage steps he has […]

Juan Cole

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