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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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Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China's Strategy of 'Balanced Diplomacy' in the Middle East at Risk

Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China’s Strategy of ‘Balanced Diplomacy’ in the Middle East at Risk

By Andrew Latham, Macalester College | – On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate that Israel was missing from from the mapping services provided […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine's Obituary

Palestine’s Obituary

Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole at Scheerpost. [Radio]. Scheerpost: Palestine’s Obituary (w/ Juan Cole) [YouTube Video] Transcript: Robert Scheer: Hi, this is Robert Scheer with […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Juan Cole:  The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US  Invasion of Iraq

Juan Cole: The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US Invasion of Iraq

Here is the closing plenary panel of a conference held in mid-September by the Qatar branch of Georgetown University on “The Invasion of Iraq: Regional […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica) – Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has confronted the horrors of tuberculosis, […]

ProPublica

Houthi
Yemen's Houthis enter the Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Impact on US and Saudi Arabia?

Yemen’s Houthis enter the Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Impact on US and Saudi Arabia?

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – Yemen’s Houthi movement launched missiles and drones at Israel on Oct. 31, 2023 – provoking fears of […]

The Conversation

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The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – According to our most reliable news sources, the children of Gaza are being slaughtered at a horrific […]

Charles Hirschkind

Armenia
From Armenia to Gaza: War, Crimes, Truth and Denial

From Armenia to Gaza: War, Crimes, Truth and Denial

By Arnold Isaacs ( Tomdispatch.com) – This month’s catastrophic violence in Israel and Gaza — specifically, the contradictory statements from each side on the other’s […]

Tomdispatch

Israel/ Palestine
We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

By Phyllis Bennis | ( Otherwords) – The violence in the Middle East is bringing horrifying new levels of human suffering to both Israelis and […]

Phyllis Bennis

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Goodbye Acapulco: 205 mph Winds destroy 80% of Infrastructure, do $18 bn of Damage in Climate Change Warning

Goodbye Acapulco: 205 mph Winds destroy 80% of Infrastructure, do $18 bn of Damage in Climate Change Warning

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gaza City is not the only place that has been reduced to rubble in the past week. Dan Stillman at […]

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