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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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Perry's Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics

Perry’s Lapse likely owing to Bad Faith and Destructive Politics

Rick Perry flubbed the CNBC debate when he forgot his own talking points. He had campaigned on abolishing the Commerce, Education and Energy Departments. But […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq, Iran and the Nuclear Phantasm: We've Seen this Picture

Iraq, Iran and the Nuclear Phantasm: We’ve Seen this Picture

Nuclear issues are so complicated that the public is easily misled and frightened by nuclear demagoguery. That is why the new International Atomic Energy Agency […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Netanyahu a "Liar":  Sarkozy

Netanyahu a “Liar”: Sarkozy

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was recently overheard talking to President Obama and complaining that he couldn’t stand Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, whom he called […]

Juan Cole

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Greenwald:  Koch Brothers Fund Voter Suppression for Minorities, Elderly, Students

Greenwald: Koch Brothers Fund Voter Suppression for Minorities, Elderly, Students

Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films exposes the most aggressive interference in the ability of Americans to vote since sheriffs in the Deep South stopped giving […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Looks to China, Russia to Break out of US Sanctions

Iran Looks to China, Russia to Break out of US Sanctions

The four rounds of United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iran are likely about as far as Russia and China are willing to go. Even […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Newt's new Crusade against the Arab Spring

Newt’s new Crusade against the Arab Spring

Newt Gingrich’s poll numbers and fund-raising have improved recently, as the GOP faithful continue their quest for an ABM (not anti-ballistic missile but “Anyone but […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Godzilla Carbon Emissions in 2010 Unprecedented

Godzilla Carbon Emissions in 2010 Unprecedented

The spike in carbon emissions in 2010, a 6% increase over 2009, was so humongous that the scientists measuring it initially thought that there must […]

Juan Cole

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Berube on Libya and the Left

Berube on Libya and the Left

Michael Berube does a post-mortem on Libya and the Left, and what he finds is not a pretty picture. Woolly thinking, outrageous lies, moon-eyed Qaddafi-worship, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers

Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers

The Israeli navy illegally interfered with Gaza aid ships on the high seas, Friday, kidnapping the people on the two vessels and sending the ships […]

Juan Cole

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