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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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Ontario First Major Industrial Region to Abolish Dirty Coal Plants (Coal should be Illegal)

Ontario First Major Industrial Region to Abolish Dirty Coal Plants (Coal should be Illegal)

Coal plants are the world’s most abundant and most dangerous source of carbon dioxide emissions and the most important single driver of catastrophic climate change. […]

Juan Cole

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13-year-old Iranian Girl Sings Adele's 'Someone like You'

13-year-old Iranian Girl Sings Adele’s ‘Someone like You’

For a different view of Iranian youth than the images of anger and menace most often purveyed in US media (as Rami Khoury rightly argues): […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt: New Left and Coptic Christians Demand Toppling of Muslim Brotherhood Regime

Egypt: New Left and Coptic Christians Demand Toppling of Muslim Brotherhood Regime

A small crowd of some 500 marched in downtown Cairo on Saturday calling for the fall of the Muhammad Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, regime. It was […]

Juan Cole

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Denmark 25% Wind-Powered, Going for 50% in 8 Years

Denmark 25% Wind-Powered, Going for 50% in 8 Years

Denmark gets 25% of its total electricity from wind turbines, and aims to double that by 2020. Part of its strategy is not just putting […]

Juan Cole

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How the US Pays off innocent Drone Victims (Currier)

How the US Pays off innocent Drone Victims (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica The U.S. drone war remains cloaked in secrecy, and as a result, questions swirl around it. Who exactly can be […]

Juan Cole

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The Real Reason for Climate Change Denial: Oil Cos. Would lose 60% of their Value

The Real Reason for Climate Change Denial: Oil Cos. Would lose 60% of their Value

HSBC estimates that if the world adopted the policies necessary to keep global warming to only 2 degrees C. (3.6 degrees F.), oil companies would […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq's New One Percent Gets Rich, fails to Establish Security (Baquba Bombing kills 20)

Iraq’s New One Percent Gets Rich, fails to Establish Security (Baquba Bombing kills 20)

Another deadly bombing was conducted this morning in Baquba, Iraq, killing 20 and wounding 60. Radicals detonated it outside a political rally for a small […]

Juan Cole

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UN, Host Countries, Running out of money for Syria Refugee Relief

UN, Host Countries, Running out of money for Syria Refugee Relief

The United Nations is warning that the vast scale of the Syrian refugee crisis is straining the resources of the UN, Jordan and Lebanon. Jordan […]

Juan Cole

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Homeless in the Shadow of High Tech (Moyer Video)

Homeless in the Shadow of High Tech (Moyer Video)

Bill Moyer investigates the phenomenon of homelessness and poverty in the high tech Mecca, San Jose, California. It turns out to be a good metaphor […]

Juan Cole

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