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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

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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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Israel Targets Milk Medicine Factories

Israel Targets Milk, Medicine Factories Hizbullah Kills One in Nahariyah Israeli troops invaded Lebanon again early Wednesday morning, on what Israeli spokesmen called a limited […]

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70 Iraqis Killed On Tuesday Massive

70 Iraqis Killed on Tuesday Massive Bombing at Kufa I thought I’d check in with Iraq news, for which I don’t have as much time […]

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Bush To Siniora Drop Dead Israeli War

Bush to Siniora: Drop Dead Israeli war planes struck Lebanese army targets on Tuesday: “Israeli warplanes pounded an army barracks east of Beirut in an […]

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Israels Maximal Option My Article On

Israels Maximal Option My Article On

Israel’s Maximal Option My article on the political and military aims of the Israeli government and of Hizbullah is out at Salon.com. Excerpt: Israel has […]

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Evacuation Of American University In

Evacuation of the American University in Beirut Patrick McGreevy writes from Beirut: ‘ Friends, In the early evening, we watched from our apartment balcony as […]

Juan Cole

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Email From Beirut Friend Writes From

Email From Beirut Friend Writes From

Email from Beirut A friend writes from the American University in Beirut: ‘ The university has fuel (and power) for only 12 days; after that […]

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Israel Invades Lebanon Ongoing

Israel Invades Lebanon Ongoing

Israel Invades Lebanon; Ongoing Airstrikes Kill Dozens of Lebanese Civilians; Hizbullah Rockets Wound 11 in Haifa Israel invaded Lebanon on Monday, sending ground troops into […]

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Bush Lean On Syria I Cobbled Bush

Bush Lean On Syria I Cobbled Bush

Bush: Lean on Syria I cobbled the Bush-Blair exchange on Israel and Lebanon, accidentally caught at the G8 on mike, together fromWaPo and ABC News. […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Widens Airstrikes 140 Civilians

Israel Widens Airstrikes 140 Civilians

Israel Widens Airstrikes; 140 Civilians Dead since Weds; Nasrallah Threatens Haifa with Worse Attacks Israel may be planning a ground incursion into southern Lebanon, according […]

Juan Cole

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