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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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Semi-Automatic firearms are Military Weapons: Lets at least Limit the Magazines

Semi-Automatic firearms are Military Weapons: Lets at least Limit the Magazines

One of the two guns the Connecticut shooter used to murder 20 children and 6 adults was a Glock semi-automatic. This datum is not surprising. […]

Juan Cole

Environment
NASA:  Portrait of a Polluted Atmosphere

NASA: Portrait of a Polluted Atmosphere

From NASA: portrait of global aerosols (particulate matter in the atmosphere, including pollution): Note that the image is a simulation created with high-powered software to […]

Juan Cole

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Questions I ask myself about Connecticut School Shooting

Questions I ask myself about Connecticut School Shooting

I ask myself, “Why?” Why do US cable news networks intensively cover these mass shootings, making it the only story for a day or two […]

Juan Cole

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39 Murders by Gun Annually in Britain; 9,000 in US

39 Murders by Gun Annually in Britain; 9,000 in US

Reprint edn. Number of Murders, United States, 2009: 15,241 Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2009: 9,146 Number of Murders, Britain, 2008*: 648 (Since Britain’s […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Top Ten GOP Myths about Libya that Sank Susan Rice

Top Ten GOP Myths about Libya that Sank Susan Rice

The charge against US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice was led by a handful of Republican senators and congressmen, and based on the […]

Juan Cole

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Why HSBC "money-laundering" is Mostly about US Bullying Foreign Policy

Why HSBC “money-laundering” is Mostly about US Bullying Foreign Policy

The “money-laundering” scandal about British bank HSBC is a mixed picture. On the one hand, bank officials laundered money for Mexican drug cartels, allegedly knowingly, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Will Egyptian Left & Liberals Urge a “No” vote on Constitution or Boycott?

Will Egyptian Left & Liberals Urge a “No” vote on Constitution or Boycott?

The left, liberal and centrist parties grouped in the National Salvation Front have decided to campaign for a “no” vote on the constitution in the […]

Juan Cole

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Hostess Executives Dipped into Employees' Pension Funds

Hostess Executives Dipped into Employees’ Pension Funds

Executives of Hostess, the maker of “Twinkies,” have admitted that they did not put the money paid into workers’ pension plans into a separate account. […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Michigan Republicans propose anti-Sharia law to Discriminate against Muslim Americans

Michigan Republicans propose anti-Sharia law to Discriminate against Muslim Americans

Michigan State legislator David Agema has introduced an anti-sharia bill that attempts to ban the implementation of ‘foreign law’ in the US that would contradict […]

Juan Cole

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