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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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Did a Dry Weather Cycle allow the Islamic Empire to Supplant the Byzantines?

Did a Dry Weather Cycle allow the Islamic Empire to Supplant the Byzantines?

Robert Roy Britt of Live Science reports on the research of a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Valley that shows increased dryness […]

Juan Cole

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Did a Dry Weather Cycle allow the Islamic Empire to Supplant the Byzantines?

Did a Dry Weather Cycle allow the Islamic Empire to Supplant the Byzantines?

Robert Roy Britt of Live Science reports on the research of a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Valley that shows increased dryness […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing with Bush One last Time

Arguing with Bush One last Time

Informed Comment has had a few running features, including top ten lists, the Ghoul’s Glossary, and ‘Arguing with Bush.’ With any luck this column will […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing with Bush One last Time

Arguing with Bush One last Time

Informed Comment has had a few running features, including top ten lists, the Ghoul’s Glossary, and ‘Arguing with Bush.’ With any luck this column will […]

Juan Cole

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Mystifying the Map of Piri Reis

Mystifying the Map of Piri Reis

This site attempts to mystify the 1513 Piri Reis map of the world, including the New World, produced in Istanbul. It is alleged that it […]

Juan Cole

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Mystifying the Map of Piri Reis

Mystifying the Map of Piri Reis

This site attempts to mystify the 1513 Piri Reis map of the world, including the New World, produced in Istanbul. It is alleged that it […]

Juan Cole

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The Pakistan Link to Mumbai; Rashid: It was a Diversionary Tactic

The Pakistan Link to Mumbai; Rashid: It was a Diversionary Tactic

The Times of India worries that fundamentalist violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan are spilling over into India: ‘In Pakistan, deaths in bomb blasts and other […]

Juan Cole

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2 US Troops Killed in Mosul; Fallujah Bombers Kill 15, wound 150; Gates Prepared to Accelerate US Withdrawal

2 US Troops Killed in Mosul; Fallujah Bombers Kill 15, wound 150; Gates Prepared to Accelerate US Withdrawal

Two truck bombers in Fallujah, a former center of the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement, detonated two bombs on Thursday near a police station, killing 15 […]

Juan Cole

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Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Spanish Arab and Jewish Genetic Heritage

Geneticists are now estimating that the Spanish Inquisition led to large amounts of intermarriage between nominally converted Muslims and Jews with Catholics in Spain after […]

Juan Cole

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