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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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Did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood just Blink?

Did Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood just Blink?

Some members of the Egyptian parliament met briefly on Tuesday, in defiance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and in accordance with […]

Juan Cole

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Video on Syrian Gov't Torture Centers (Human Rights Watch)

Video on Syrian Gov’t Torture Centers (Human Rights Watch)

Syria’s torture centers, as revealed by Human Rights Watch:

Juan Cole

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Infosys Building planned for Kuwait

Infosys Building planned for Kuwait

Juan Cole

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States with Highest Religiosity most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest Religiosity most Opposed to Obamacare

I once read an article in a sociology of religion journal. Sociologists placed a person who seemed to have fallen off his bike, and was […]

Juan Cole

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Morsi and Brotherhood isolated vs. Military, Courts, Secularists

Morsi and Brotherhood isolated vs. Military, Courts, Secularists

The reaction to Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s call to reinstate the dissolved parliament was largely negative on Monday and Tuesday morning, except among supporters of […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Rick Perry:  Would Teddy Roosevelt have extended Medicaid to all? (Poster)

Dear Rick Perry: Would Teddy Roosevelt have extended Medicaid to all? (Poster)

Juan Cole

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States with Highest White Teen Births most Opposed to Obamacare

States with Highest White Teen Births most Opposed to Obamacare

[Some responses to this rather damning series have suggested that minority health statistics skew the averages. So in this map, we’ll just look at the […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Morsi provokes Constitutional Crisis in Egypt by recalling Parliament

Morsi provokes Constitutional Crisis in Egypt by recalling Parliament

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi tried to steal third base on Sunday, announcing that he was calling back into session the dissolved Egyptian parliament. It would […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Surprises on Libya’s Election Day

Top Ten Surprises on Libya’s Election Day

Most Western reporting on Libya is colored by what is in my view a combination of extreme pessimism and sensationalism. It has been suggested that […]

Juan Cole

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