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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

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35 Killed in Bombings, 73 Wounded; Petraeus Leaves Iraq Better than He Found It

35 Killed in Bombings, 73 Wounded; Petraeus Leaves Iraq Better than He Found It

In Baladruz, in Diyala Province east of Baghdad, a female suicide bomber attacked a homecoming party for an Iraqi soldier just released from nearly a […]

Juan Cole

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Is the Bush Administration at War with its Own Weapons in Pakistan?

Is the Bush Administration at War with its Own Weapons in Pakistan?

The NYT reports, “the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
28 Killed, 40 Wounded; Peshmerga Killed in Roadside Bombing; 4 Sharqiya Staff Kidnapped, Killed

28 Killed, 40 Wounded; Peshmerga Killed in Roadside Bombing; 4 Sharqiya Staff Kidnapped, Killed

In a continuing wave of violence in Iraq, 28 persons were killed and 40 wounded on Saturday. Among the dead were 9 members of the […]

Juan Cole

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Azizabad Survivors Demand Justice from US; S. Asian Britons "Boiling" with Anger over US Raids

Azizabad Survivors Demand Justice from US; S. Asian Britons "Boiling" with Anger over US Raids

Aljazeera English reports that the Afghans bombed by the US near Herat are demanding justice. Apparently an al-Qaeda operative named “Nadir” tricked the US, telling […]

Juan Cole

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Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break

Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break

Satire alert The Republican campaign of Sarah Palin admitted on Satuday that contrary to their previous assertions,she had not actually visited US troops inside Iraq, […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings at Dujail, Sinjar Kill over 30, wound 85

Bombings at Dujail, Sinjar Kill over 30, wound 85

Two big bombings targeted Shiites on Friday. A bomb killed over 30 persons and wounded over 40 in Dujail, a largely Shiite city northeast of […]

Juan Cole

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Afghanistan: Taliban hit US Security Firm, 23 Dead

Afghanistan: Taliban hit US Security Firm, 23 Dead

Taliban in Afghanistan attacked the convoy of the US security firm, US Protection and Investigations, on Friday. 23 persons were killed in the clash,including 15 […]

Juan Cole

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Palin on World Affairs: Just not Ready for Prime Time

Palin on World Affairs: Just not Ready for Prime Time

Sarah Palin revealed herself in the Charlie Gibson interview on ABC to be nervous,uninformed, green and generally not ready for prime time. The interview was […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Bombings in Karbala; US Plot against Maliki? Japanese say Sayonara to Iraq

Bombings in Karbala; US Plot against Maliki? Japanese say Sayonara to Iraq

Two bombs in the Shiite holy city of Karbala were detonated near the shrine of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The explosions […]

Juan Cole

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