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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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The Chinese Diplomatic Pivot to the Middle East and Beijing’s Middle East Studies Establishment (Ma)

by HAIYUN MA writes at ISLAMiCommentary : Haiyun Ma This week China’s new president, Xi Jinping, separately hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Republican Myths on Libya

Top Ten Republican Myths on Libya

Reprint edn.; since they don’t change their talking points, why should we change our blog entries? 1. Republican senators keep saying that it should have […]

Juan Cole

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Is the Government reading your Email without a Warrant?

Is the Government reading your Email without a Warrant?

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) has demanded that the FBI and other Federal agencies obtain a warrant to read private emails. He said that Americans’ “right […]

Juan Cole

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Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)

Minorities and the Arab Revolutions (Cole Video)

Here is an excerpt from my recent talk on minorities and the Arab Revolutions at Portland State: Here is the video

Juan Cole

Syria
Has the Obama administration Given into Russia on Syria?

Has the Obama administration Given into Russia on Syria?

The joint communique issued by Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier this week regarding Syria has in retrospect raised […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s War on Whistleblowers who are  trying to out Government Waste, Fraud (Van Buren)

Obama’s War on Whistleblowers who are trying to out Government Waste, Fraud (Van Buren)

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: What do words mean in a post-9/11 world? Apart from the now clichéd Orwellian twists that turn brutal torture […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Hawking joins Academic Boycott of Israel

Hawking joins Academic Boycott of Israel

Physicist Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott the annual President’s Conference in Jerusalem this year has been confirmed by Cambridge University. The university initially attempted to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Russia Warns Israel:  Hands off Syria, as PFLP threatens Guerrilla Strike

Russia Warns Israel: Hands off Syria, as PFLP threatens Guerrilla Strike

The Iranian press is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has vehemently warned Israel against further airstrikes on Syria. Putin is said to be accelerating […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Another view of Baghdad: Timelapse Video

Another view of Baghdad: Timelapse Video

Baghdad timelapse

Juan Cole

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