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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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Petition To Conference Of Presidents

Petition To Conference Of Presidents

Petition to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (I’ve set up a new petition site at https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/875967959 because the first one was […]

Juan Cole

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31 Killed In Guerrilla Violence

31 Killed In Guerrilla Violence

31 Killed in Guerrilla Violence Kurdish Situation Angers Turkey AP reports Iraq violence Tues-Weds. There were major car bombings in Baghdad, and some 15 bodies […]

Juan Cole

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Zarqawi Makes Recruitment Tape

Zarqawi Makes Recruitment Tape

Zarqawi Makes Recruitment Tape Crackdown on Mahdi Army in Najaf Reuters reports 18 deaths during a relatively light day of violence in the Iraqi civil […]

Juan Cole

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Blogger David Versus Wsj Goliath This

Blogger David Versus Wsj Goliath This

Blogger David versus WSJ Goliath This is day three since John Fund of the Wall Street Journal did a nationally-read hatchet job on me in […]

Juan Cole

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Nearly 60 Dead 80 Wounded In Bombings

Nearly 60 Dead 80 Wounded In Bombings

Nearly 60 Dead, 80 Wounded in Bombings, Assassinations 34,000 Shiites Have Fled Guerrilla violence killed 25 in Iraq on Monday, 10 of them in a […]

Juan Cole

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Dahab Bombings Did Not Involve

Dahab Bombings Did Not Involve

Dahab Bombings did Not Involve Kamikazes Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Egyptian police are saying that the Sinai resort bombings on Monday do not appear to […]

Juan Cole

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John Fund Libel Of Juan Cole Still Not

John Fund Libel Of Juan Cole Still Not

John Fund Libel of Juan Cole Still Not Retracted John Fund of the Wall Street Journal attacked me in a column on Monday in which […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Bombing At Dahab 30_24

Breaking News Bombing At Dahab 30_24

Breaking News: Bombing at Dahab 30 appear to be dead, 100 wounded in the bombings of a Red Sea resort. Although Egyptian secret police have […]

Juan Cole

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Fund Smears Cole With Barrage Of Lies

Fund Smears Cole With Barrage Of Lies

Fund Smears Cole with Barrage of Lies John Fund of the Wall Street Journal editorial page has published a large number of falsehoods about me. […]

Juan Cole

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