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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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Tawakul Karman, Yemen mother of 3, among winners of Nobel Peace Prize

Tawakul Karman, Yemen mother of 3, among winners of Nobel Peace Prize

One of the three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year is Tawakul Karman, 32, a Yemeni activist and mother of 3. Aljazeera has […]

Juan Cole

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Pro-Perry Evangelical Leader says Romney not a Christian, Mormonism a Cult

Pro-Perry Evangelical Leader says Romney not a Christian, Mormonism a Cult

The evangelical pastor Robert Jeffres, introduced Rick Perry at the Values Voters conference on Friday, He strongly implied in his introduction that evangelicals would have […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Palin was Right About those Government Death Panels

Palin was Right About those Government Death Panels

Well, the death panel has nothing to do with universal health care. But apparently it does exist, sited in the National Security Council. I discussed […]

Juan Cole

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Best of the Web on Widening Wall Street Protests

Best of the Web on Widening Wall Street Protests

The Occupy Wall Street protests spread Thursday to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Philadelphia, though these rallies were relatively small compared to the estimated 20,000 […]

Juan Cole

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Steve Jobs:  Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Capitalist World-Changer

Steve Jobs: Arab-American, Buddhist, Psychedelic Drug User, and Capitalist World-Changer

The culture wars kicked off by the 1960s are still with us. Indeed, much of the discourse of contemporary American conservatism can be boiled down […]

Juan Cole

Energy
China and Iran, Green Together

China and Iran, Green Together

China says it is planning joint projects with Iran on solar and wind energy. This news is potentially very important. I once took a 24-hour […]

Juan Cole

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Amanda Knox and Troy Davis

Amanda Knox and Troy Davis

The overturning of the conviction for murder of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by an Italian court on Monday contrasts with the fate of Troy […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Business Partners: Cheney & Reagan, not Just the Koch Brothers

Iran Business Partners: Cheney & Reagan, not Just the Koch Brothers

Bloomberg’s revelations that a subsidiary company owned by the radical rightwing billionaire brothers, Charles and David Koch, sold millions of dollars in refinery equipment to […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Panetta Slams Israeli Isolation; Is Israeli Policy Destabilizing US Allies?

Panetta Slams Israeli Isolation; Is Israeli Policy Destabilizing US Allies?

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta , on a visit to Israel and Palestine before heading to Egypt, publicly upbraided the Likud government of Israel for […]

Juan Cole

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