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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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Jonathan Winters, RIP  (Video: of Classic Standup Routine)

Jonathan Winters, RIP (Video: of Classic Standup Routine)

Comedian Jonathan Winters has died at 87. Winters was a pioneer in improvisational standup and the use of impressions in mini-skits within the monologue. He […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Arctic Summer Ice Cap will be gone in 20 Years: NOAA (Time-Lapse Video)

Arctic Summer Ice Cap will be gone in 20 Years: NOAA (Time-Lapse Video)

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now predict that the arctic will be iceless during summers in as little as ten to twenty […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: As Mubarak retrial begins, Judge Recuses Self

Egypt: As Mubarak retrial begins, Judge Recuses Self

Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was brought to a courtroom on Saturday for the beginning of his retrial on charges of ordering hundreds of peaceful […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Amazing Green Energy News:  World's Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar

Amazing Green Energy News: World’s Largest Wind Farm opens in UK, as Libya prepares to go Solar

1. World’s Largest Wind Farm The London Array offshore wind farm has just gone live, generating 630 MW of electricity in the first phase. An […]

Juan Cole

Iran
"Losing my Religion" in Tehran (Music Video)

“Losing my Religion” in Tehran (Music Video)

Iranian mashup of R.E.M’s 1991 hit, “Losing my Religion”, set in Tehran. REM LOSING MY RELIGION at Tehran from Hamed Zarepoor on Vimeo. h/t reddit.com

Juan Cole

Syria
Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp

Jordan, Overwhelmed by Syrian Refugees, Opens a New Camp

Jordan has received about 600,000 Syrian refugees from the civil war raging in the latter country. It has now been constrained to open a second […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)

Iran’s Presidential Election Heats up as Reformist Rowhani Enters Race (Jahanpour)

Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The next crucial round of Iranian presidential elections will be held on 14 June 2013. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)

Israel’s ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank (McCauley)

Lauren McCauley writes at Common Dreams A new report on Israel’s water grab in the occupied West Bank links the widespread deprivation of Palestinian water […]

Juan Cole

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CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis

CNN, John Kerry falsely try to tie Iran to North Korea Nuclear Crisis

It was only a matter of time before the US mainstream media struck back against Kim Jong Un’s diversion of Washington’s attention from Iran to […]

Juan Cole

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