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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 […]

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

09/19/2025 By Juan Cole

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

The “Defense” Department has always been about War

09/19/2025 By Tomdispatch

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How Long can Israel Defy the World?

How Long can Israel Defy the World?

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Palestinians in Gaza are being decimated. Over 20 000 have been killed, mostly women and children. Three times […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Climate Crisis
Renewables cover 52% of Germany's Electricity Demand for First Time in 2023

Renewables cover 52% of Germany’s Electricity Demand for First Time in 2023

By Sören Amelang | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Germany has generated more than half of the electricity it used this year with […]

Clean Energy Wire

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Israel’s highest Court protects its Power to curb Government Extremism

Israel’s highest Court protects its Power to curb Government Extremism

By Naomi Schalit, The Conversation | – In the midst of Israel’s fierce war against Hamas in Gaza, the country’s highest court on New Year’s […]

The Conversation

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Can Masha Gessen get an Apology now that Israel’s Smotrich called Gaza a “Ghetto” that Should be Depopulated?

Can Masha Gessen get an Apology now that Israel’s Smotrich called Gaza a “Ghetto” that Should be Depopulated?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The chief characteristic of the current Israeli government of PM Binyamin Netanyahu is the inclusion in it of elements that […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Most Americans are Alarmed by Climate Emergency and Gaza Carnage, But Congress is Full of Denialists

Most Americans are Alarmed by Climate Emergency and Gaza Carnage, But Congress is Full of Denialists

Diane Roberts (Florida Phoenix ) – Humans are stupid, and it’s going to get us all killed. Hang on, you say, we humans have built […]

Florida Phoenix

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Tech “Visionaries” are Actually Holding back Progress with Bloated, Predatory Corporations

Tech “Visionaries” are Actually Holding back Progress with Bloated, Predatory Corporations

By Peter Bloom, >University of Essex | – Technological innovation in the last couple of decades has brought fame and huge wealth to the likes […]

The Conversation

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Extreme Right Israeli Gov't brands "Illegal" Supreme Court's upholding of Judicial Review; Divisions Loom amid Gaza War

Extreme Right Israeli Gov’t brands “Illegal” Supreme Court’s upholding of Judicial Review; Divisions Loom amid Gaza War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the midst of Israel’s brutal total war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and its apparent failure to attain its […]

Juan Cole

Guns
Dear President Biden: About your Record on Guns, Arms, and Belligerence

Dear President Biden: About your Record on Guns, Arms, and Belligerence

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden Dear Joe, I would wish you a Happy New Year; but it seems trite and […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
Charles Kendal Hirschkind sings "Palestine is Burning."

Charles Kendal Hirschkind sings “Palestine is Burning.”

Charles Kendal Hirschkind, “Palestine is Burning.” For writings on Israeli assault on Gaza by Charles Hirschkind, see: The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children . Informed […]

Charles Hirschkind

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