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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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Israeli Settler Runs over Protesting Palestinian Children

Israeli Settler Runs over Protesting Palestinian Children

Aljazeera is reporting on an Israeli settler hit-and-run attack by automobile on two young Palestinian boys in Silwan protesting the expansion of Israeli settlements and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Levin: US paying Insurgents to Attack US

Levin: US paying Insurgents to Attack US

Sen. Carl Levin of the Senate Armed Services Committee announced a report on Thursday on the way the private security contractors hired by the US […]

Juan Cole

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Tatchell: Abu Dhabi between Human Rights and the New Louvre

Tatchell: Abu Dhabi between Human Rights and the New Louvre

Jo Tatchell writes in a guest column for Informed Comment A $27 billion makeover of Saadiyat Island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi, is aimed […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq, Afghanistan among 22 Food-Insecure Countries

Iraq, Afghanistan among 22 Food-Insecure Countries

UN FAO: 22 countries with 160 mn. people face protracted food crisis. ‘ Twenty-two countries are facing enormous challenges like repeated food crises and an […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, US Stymied in Pakistan, Forced to Negotiate with Taliban

On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, US Stymied in Pakistan, Forced to Negotiate with Taliban

As the US/ NATO war in Afghanistan enters it’s 10th year, Washington is suddenly unable even to transport the supplies its troops need through the […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Climate Change: 18 Percent more Freshwater circulating into Oceans

Climate Change: 18 Percent more Freshwater circulating into Oceans

“Freshwater is flowing into Earth’s oceans in greater amounts every year, a team of researchers has found, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms linked […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
4th Attack on Trucks Near Quetta, Pakistan

4th Attack on Trucks Near Quetta, Pakistan

Gunmen on motorcycles sprayed small arms fire at a parked US/ NATO fuel convoy near Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan and a long time center […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Settler Arsonists strike Palestinian Mosques, Qurans, as Israeli Army Belly Dancing Video Surfaces

Settler Arsonists strike Palestinian Mosques, Qurans, as Israeli Army Belly Dancing Video Surfaces

Palestinians in the village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem say that Israeli settlers snuck into their mosque and set fire to it, as well as […]

Juan Cole

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Sanchez v. Stewart: El Error del Dia

Sanchez v. Stewart: El Error del Dia

My reading of the Rick Sanchez meltdown is that he was implying in his radio interview that Daily Show host Jon Stewart is prejudiced against […]

Juan Cole

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