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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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Israelis have killed the same Percentage of Gazans in 11 Weeks as Allies did Italians in all of WW II

Israelis have killed the same Percentage of Gazans in 11 Weeks as Allies did Italians in all of WW II

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN reports figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health as of Friday: “between 7 October and 7:00 on 22 […]

Juan Cole

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Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is Systemically Censoring Palestine Content

Meta (Facebook and Instagram) is Systemically Censoring Palestine Content

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Meta’s content moderation policies and systems have increasingly silenced voices in support of Palestine on Instagram and Facebook in […]

Human Rights Watch

Plutocracy
A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears among Rich that He Would Resign

A “Delicate Matter”: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears among Rich that He Would Resign

By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski and Brett Murphy | – ( ProPublica ) – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ decadeslong friendship with real […]

ProPublica

Anti-War Movement
Just Say No: Biden Must Create Peace out of the Gaza Crisis and Rein in the Israeli Right

Just Say No: Biden Must Create Peace out of the Gaza Crisis and Rein in the Israeli Right

Take a Leaf from the Book of George H. W. Bush

Lior Sternfeld

Houthi
Gaza Crisis:   US-Led Taskforce deploys in Red Sea and Considers Strikes on Yemen

Gaza Crisis: US-Led Taskforce deploys in Red Sea and Considers Strikes on Yemen

By Basil Germond, Lancaster University | – The US is reportedly considering strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen that have been menacing commercial ships in […]

The Conversation

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The US and China at Year’s End: Still Treading on the Precipice

The US and China at Year’s End: Still Treading on the Precipice

( Tomdispatch.com) – This hasn’t exactly been a year of good news when it comes to our war-torn, beleaguered planet, but on November 15th, U.S. […]

Michael T. Klare

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If you Prick us, do We not Bleed? -  Shakespeare in Gaza

If you Prick us, do We not Bleed? – Shakespeare in Gaza

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Is there a scale that can measure the value of 7,000 dead Palestinian children vs. 1200 dead Israelis? What […]

Mark Karlin

Arab Americans
Hamtramck, Michigan, City Council Votes to rename Street in Support of Palestine

Hamtramck, Michigan, City Council Votes to rename Street in Support of Palestine

By: Layla McMurtrie – ( Michigan Advance ) – As a symbolic gesture and demonstration of solidarity with the people in Gaza, Hamtramck’s all-Muslim City […]

Michigan Advance

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2023’s extreme Storms, Heat and Wildfires broke Records, and Burning Fossil Fuels Played a big Part

2023’s extreme Storms, Heat and Wildfires broke Records, and Burning Fossil Fuels Played a big Part

By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton | – The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters. In the U.S., an unprecedented […]

The Conversation

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