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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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Bashar al-Assad
Domicide: the Destruction of Homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my City, Homs

Domicide: the Destruction of Homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my City, Homs

By Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford | – This article accompanies an episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast featuring an interview with the author, Ammar […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
What a Second Trumpocracy would Mean: The Coming Crisis of 2025

What a Second Trumpocracy would Mean: The Coming Crisis of 2025

By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – If he becomes the official nominee of the Republican Party in next year’s presidential race, Donald Trump […]

Tomdispatch

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"These are not the Droids you're Looking For:" Biden and Blinken try to Make the Israeli genocide against Gaza's Palestinians Disappear

“These are not the Droids you’re Looking For:” Biden and Blinken try to Make the Israeli genocide against Gaza’s Palestinians Disappear

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barak Ravid at Axios reports that when Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Why have Tunisia's Women won so many more Rights than those in Iran?

Why have Tunisia’s Women won so many more Rights than those in Iran?

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment) – To many foreign onlookers, Tunisia and Iran share many common qualities; Both countries are mostly Muslims and both are […]

Mohamed Jegham

Israel/ Palestine
The Reemergence of the Palestinian Statehood Issue (Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole)

The Reemergence of the Palestinian Statehood Issue (Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole)

Interview of Juan Cole by Ian Masters, Background Briefing.. Background Briefing with Ian Masters Background Briefing with Ian Masters · The Reemergence of the Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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US Troops in Iraq, Syria, targeted by Shiite Militias in Sympathy with Occupied Palestinians of Gaza

US Troops in Iraq, Syria, targeted by Shiite Militias in Sympathy with Occupied Palestinians of Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, Al-Quds al-`Arabi reports two rockets were fired at `Ayn al-Asad base in al-Anbar Province, Iraq, where US troops […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is the One-Sided US Response to the Gaza Crisis a Sign of our Civilizational Decline?

Is the One-Sided US Response to the Gaza Crisis a Sign of our Civilizational Decline?

We are all witnessing horrors and carnage going on in the tiny landmass called Gaza – a land squeezed between Egypt and Israel where 2.3 […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Donald Trump
Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists  — or Both?

Republican Contradictions: Are they Fascists or Nihilists — or Both?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes the right wing in this country seems like a riddle wrapped in an enigma encased in a conundrum. Do they […]

Rebecca Gordon

European Union
A Divided European Union can't Even Agree on need for Ceasefire in Israeli Campaign against Gaza

A Divided European Union can’t Even Agree on need for Ceasefire in Israeli Campaign against Gaza

Munich (Special to Informed Comment) – The European Union’s initial response to the current Israel-Hamas war has been chaotic. Shortly after the Hamas terrorist attack […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

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