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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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Bin Laden Urges Jihad In Sudan In

Bin Laden Urges Jihad in Sudan In another reminder that George W. Bush has still not caught the man responsible for September 11, while he […]

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3 Gis Slain 27 Iraqis Slavery Revived

3 Gis Slain 27 Iraqis Slavery Revived

3 GIs Slain, 27 Iraqis Slavery Revived by Contractors on US Military Bases A car bomb aimed at a police patrol in Baghdad killed three […]

Juan Cole

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All Right Not All Right Today At

All Right, Not All Right Today at Informed Comment, we are going to play the game of “All Right, Not All Right,” known in Washington, […]

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President Talabani Asks Al Maliki To

President Talabani Asks Al Maliki To

President Talabani asks al-Maliki to Form a Government; 6 Dead in Sunday Mortar Barrage; 5 US Troops, 26 Iraqis Killed Saturday The guerrilla movement replied […]

Juan Cole

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17 Killed In Guerrilla Violence Un

17 Killed in Guerrilla Violence UN: thousands Detained Illegally Guerrilla violence took the lives of 17 Iraqis on Friday, with major bombings in Mosul and […]

Juan Cole

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Al Maliki Acceptable Say Kurds Sunni

Al Maliki Acceptable Say Kurds Sunni

Al-Maliki Acceptable, Say Kurds, Sunni Arabs The Financial Times reports on the reaction of the Kurdish and Sunni Arab blocs to the selection of Jawad […]

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Maliki Shiite Candidate Breaking News

Maliki Shiite Candidate Breaking News

Maliki the Shiite Candidate Breaking news: CNN is reporting that United Iraqi Alliance has informally decided to replace Ibrahim Jaafari with MP Jawad al-Maliki of […]

Juan Cole

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Jaafari Seeks Party Re Vote On His

Jaafari Seeks Party Re Vote On His

Jaafari seeks Party Re-Vote on his Candidacy AP reports that Ibrahim Jaafari, nominated in February for a second term as prime minister by the United […]

Juan Cole

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Cost Of War Heading Toward One

Cost Of War Heading Toward One

Cost of War Heading toward One Trillion Dollars Some less ethical automobile salesmen will deploy a tactic called “low-balling.” The young naive couple comes in […]

Juan Cole

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